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The loss of his family, his job and his reputation are the punishments of Theban King Creon for the death of Theban Princess Antigone in the play "Antigone" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Prince Haemon and Theban Queen Eurydice commit suicide in the aftermath of the suicide of Antigone, Haemon's bride-to-be and and first cousin and Eurydice's niece. Antigone hangs herself after the death sentence of walling up in a remote cave is carried out by her uncle Creon. The death sentence is imposed for Antigone having dared to bury the body of her brother Polyneices, in compliance with divine law and in contradiction of Creon's recent law.

All of the deaths foretold by the blind prophet Teiresias indicate that Creon is not fit to continue as King of Thebes. He loses his job, the respect of colleagues and subjects, and his right to continue living in his hometown of Thebes.

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