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Who is the ultimate authority to be respected in life is the basic conflict in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Theban King Creon says that he is the ultimate authority in Thebes. Princess Antigone says that the gods always are the ultimate authority, in Thebes and in the Underworld of the afterlife. It turns into quite a conflict once it becomes not only a question of beliefs to defend but also laws to obey.

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