Polynices gathered the "Seven Against Thebes" to make war on his home city when the throne went to his twin brother Eteocles instead of him.
Creon believes that Polynieces was a traitor to the city.
What does Creon tells Tiresias that the gods were not pleased with his decision of not burying his brother Polyneices.
The sentry captured Antigone burying Polyneices and brought her to Creon
Antigone is the character that is arrested for burying Polynices. She asks Creon to arrest her, and at first he refuses.
The sentry captured Antigone burying Polyneices and brought her to Creon
Theban King Creon believes that Thebans who oppose his rule are behind the burying of Polyneices. Polyneices was Creon's nephew. But he invaded Thebes, and therefore is considered by the King to be disloyal and unworthy of god given rights to proper burial rites and rituals.
He orders the sentry to find out who is burying polyneices because he had strict orders to not bury him. Then the sentry brings Creon's niece Antigone in and sentences her to death.
Creon changes his opinion about burying Polyneices in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon begins the play ordering that his nephew Polyneices' body be left above-ground. Princess Antigone, Prince Haemon and Teiresias the blind prophet each attempt to get Creon to change his mind and reverse his actions. But the ever stubborn Creon acts upon making the changes only after consuming Polyneices' blood and flesh pollutes the birds offered as ritual sacrifices and thereby angers the gods even further.
Why would Creon have regarded Polyneices as a renegade
Yes, Antigone is accused of burying the body of her brother Polyneices. The accusations come from the direct observation of the Sentry and from Theban King Creon's acceptance of the Sentry's testimony as true. The accusations also come from the very proud confession of the crime's commission by Antigone herself.
In "Antigone", when King Creon, who had commanded that the body of Polyneices not be buried and left outside to rot, learned that someone had disobeyed orders and buried him. He immediately commanded the guard who brought him the news to bring him the person responsible.
Polynices gathered the "Seven Against Thebes" to make war on his home city when the throne went to his twin brother Eteocles instead of him.