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Weakness is Creon's greatest fear in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Creon is new in his role as solely ruling monarch over all Thebes. He remembers all too well the stresses of the recent bloody civil war over the Theban royal succession. He shudders at the thought of being overthrown and therefore seeks to show no sign of weakness to all of the enemies that he imagines within the confines of his city.

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