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- Oedipus whole story
- Creon was acting as Regent because Oedipus’ sons were too young
- Polynices claimed he was elder son, Eteocles fought him so Poly left Thebes
- Poly went to Argos, married the king’s daughter, and gathered an army to wage war on Thebes
- Thebes won, two brothers killed each other
- Eteocles defended city so he got an honoured burial
- Poly threatened the city, so he did not
- Thebes was theocratic, Athens was democratic (the audience watching the play)
- Athens was trying to put loyalty to the city ahead of family at the time
- BUT Non-burial could spread pollution over land and often family was allowed to take the body later
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