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The name 'Antigone' means someone who fights against something. The word therefore is particularly appropriate as the name of one of the main characters in the play 'Antigone'. Indeed, the character Antigone fights against an unfair, unjust law that denies proper burial to all of the dead from a recent war between Thebes and Argos.
It can be assumed that Antigone means unbending or stubborn. "Anti-" means against, and "gon" or "gony" means bend, angle, corner etc. As in a polyGON. Antigone is a very stubborn person, and she doesn't change her mind once she knows what she wants.

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