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It is for defying an unjust law and burying her brotherthat Antigone is known for in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone causes an unjust law to be overturned. Her uncle, King Creon, issues a royal edict that contradicts divine will and cherished Theban traditions. The edict leaves disloyal Theban dead bodies unburied even though all Thebans have divine guarantees of below ground burials.

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