My boy described it, Seeing for me as I see for others.
And no blaze! This was a sign from heaven. I began the rites of burnt-offering at the altar, But Hephaistos failed me: instead of bright flame, There was only the sputtering slime of the fat thigh-flesh Melting: the entrails dissolved in gray smoke, The bare bone burst from the welter.
They were all a-chatter, As is their habit, when suddenly I heard A strange note in their jangling, a scream, a Whirring fury I knew that they were fighting, Tearing each other, dying In a whirlwind of wings clashing. But what have you to say? TEIRESIAS: Listen, Creon : I was sitting in my chair of augury, at the place Where the birds gather about me. In Antigone, he will return to the Theban royal palace to warn Creon of some horrific omens from the gods.TEIRESIAS: I have much to tell you: listen to the prophet, Creon. Years ago, he had guided King Oedipus towards the truth about his incestuous marriage. Teiresias is an old blind prophet from Thebes, who can predict the future from observing birds and other creatures. She appears right at the end of the play Antigone, in profoundly wretched circumstances. He is in love with Antigone, and the pair plan to get married soon.Įurydice is the wife of Creon (no relation to the other mythical Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus). Haemon is the son of Creon and Eurydice, and cousin to the four children of Oedipus.
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While Eteocles was buried with full ritual honours, Polyneices was left as carrion for the crows, in punishment for the vile crime of assaulting his own city. His name means ‘many troubles’, and he’s generally remembered as ‘the bad brother’, because he attacked Thebes with a foreign army. Polyneices is the brother of Antigone, Ismene and Eteocles. The two brothers fought and killed each other outside one of the city’s seven gates – and that’s when the real trouble began. He took control of Thebes after King Oedipus died, but then refused share the throne with his brother Polyneices. She too is a loyal sibling, but she’s more cautious than Antigone, and fears the consequences of defying their uncle Creon.Įteocles is the brother of Antigone, Ismene and Polyneices. Sophocles’ play begins at the point when Creon has taken over the throne of Thebes - ‘a city in chaos’. He is fierce and steadfast – some might even say arrogant – but will meet his match in his young niece Antigone. Oedipus dies before the action of Sophocles’ play Antigone begins, but his memory and cursed existence loom over everything that happens to his descendants.Ĭreon is the brother of the dead queen Jocasta (the wife and mother of Oedipus). He is famous in Greek myth for unknowingly killing his father (Laius) and marrying his mother (Jocasta). Oedipus was king of Thebes, a city in central Greece. A loyal daughter, she guided the blind Oedipus into exile before he died, and she’ll be equally faithful to her dead brother Polyneices. The heroine Antigone is one of the four children of Oedipus (her siblings are Ismene, Eteocles and Polyneices).
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