In Sophocles’ “Antigone”, Creon, ruler of Thebes, delivers a kerygma to the people. His proclamation carries a clear message: Polyneices, Creon’s nephew who was exiled from Thebes and later returned to wage war against his own people, was not to receive an honorable burial. Creon set the punishment at death to any man who dared to violate this order. Creon declares, “…Polyneices, I mean, who on his return from exile wanted to burn to th
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