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The Oedipus drama did not end with King Oedipus' putting out his eyes and Jocasta's suicide. Jocasta, the mother-wife, gave birth to four children, two boys and two girls, Polynices, Eteocles, Antigone and Ismene. The ambitious Polynices fought against his hometown Thebes. The Thebans defeated the invaders, but in this fratricidal war, Oedipus' two sons killed each other (13, p. 101)
The wretched twain, who against each otherThough born of one father, and one motherLaid lances at aim—to their own death came,And the common fate that slew them.*
The new ruler, Creon, issued an order:
EteoclesWho in this city's quarrel fought and fellThe foremost of our champions in the fray,They should entomb with the fully sanctity, (p. 102)