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That it insults the gods and leaves the bodies of fellow Thebans unburied is the reason why Antigone is disturbed by Creon's edict in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone dislikes her uncle King Creon's edict of non-burial of the disloyal Theban dead. Every Theban is guaranteed by the gods of rights to below ground burials. Creon's law therefore opposes divine will and turns rights into privileges to be denied to his enemies and granted to his supporters.

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