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Who captures Antigone in 'Antigone'?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Creon's sentries capture Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Creon posts sentries in the area of the unburied bodies of the enemy dead from the recent civil war over the royal succession. The body of Princess Antigone's brother Polyneices lies among the disgruntled Theban dead. Creon is concerned because his recent edict is unpopular for denying to Theban attackers their god-given rights to below-ground burials and proper funeral rites. His sentries are to make sure that the bodies remain unburied and that anyone who tries to carry out a burial is captured and brought to him for sentencing to death.

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