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That it derives from the good will of the gods is the way in which Antigone speaks truth to power in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is confronted with a situation in which royal law is in conflict instead of harmony with divine law. Antigone interprets divine will as the ultimate authority source and the gods as the ultimate authority figures in the world of the here and now as well as in the Underworld of the afterlife. She considers royals as holding powers by the grace of the gods.

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