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[ANTIGONE and ISMENE are led into the palace. CHORUS. Blest is the life that never tasted woe.I 1 When once the blow Hath fallen upon a house with Heaven-sent doom, Trouble descends in ever-widening gloom Through all the number of the tribe to flow; As when the briny surge That Thrace-born tempests urge (The big wave ever gathering more and more)
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Antigone includes Polynices’ betrothal in the long list of tragedies that have befallen her family. Most prominently, Antigone connects Polynices’ fate to the tragic fate of her father, Oedipus. — Owl Eyes Editors
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Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, the late king of Thebes, in defiance of Creon who rules in his stead, resolves to bury her brother Polyneices, slain in his attack on Thebes. She is caught in the act by Creon's watchmen and brought before the king.
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[ANTIGONE and ISMENE enter from the central door of the Palace.] ANTIGONE: Ismene, dear sister, You would think that we had already suffered enough For the curse on Oedipus:1 I cannot imagine any grief That you and I have not gone through. And now –– 5 Have they told you of the new decree of our King Creon? ISMENE: I have heard nothing: I know
