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The royal sisters, Isemene (left) and Antigone (right). Picture from a Royal Celebration 4 years ago during a much happier time in our history.
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Polyneices and Eteocles, the doomed brothers
King Creon’s Decree - “No Burial for Polyneices” updated 5 hours ago
by Scott Robertson
Thebes NewsDesk Senior Reporter
THEBES - Over a year after our former king, Polyneices, and his Argive army brought their brutal aggression against our sacred Seven Towers, our new King Creon, as his first royal decree, has forbidden the burial of the “traitor”. Reactions from our citizens has varied. Many declaim Polyneices as a traitor and a terrorist. Some, believe that burial rites, as decreed by the gods, must be observed. Many have turned towards reactions from the royal family. Ismene, daughter of Oedipus and sister to the slain brothers, has been observed to be grief-stricken, as one might expect (shown below in happier times).
However, her sister, Antigone, has been seen to be much more reserved. For some, Antigone’s reactions are unsettling and may bode ill for the future of this already long suffering family.
Polyneices, as you know, was king of Thebes for one year before refusing to give up his throne to his brother, Eteocles. The system of annual, alternating kingship was set up in the wake of the Oedipus scandal and subsequent exile, but has, apparently, not worked out as well as the citizens of Thebes might have hoped.
