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That his rights are disrespected is the way in which Polyneices suffers in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Polyneices dies during the final battle battle in the first civil war over the Theban royal succession. He has a legitimate claim to the Theban throne, but his army loses to that of his twin brother Eteocles and his uncle Creon. Creon is vindictive in denying to Polyneices' body the god-given right of all Thebans to below ground burials. Polyneices therefore suffers the disfigurement and dismemberment of his body by birds and dogs until Creon relents and approves the burial.

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