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Myths about Family Loyalty

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Antigone’s Defiance of King Creon to Bury Her Brother

🏛️ Greek MythologyThe Seven Gates of Thebes, GreeceAntigone • Creon • Ismene

Following a bloody civil war between the sons of Oedipus, King Creon decrees that Polyneices must remain unburied as a traitor. His sister Antigone defies the royal edict to uphold divine law, leading to a tragic confrontation between the power of the state and the duties of the family.