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Antigone

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Noun

1. antigone

(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death

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Antigone

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noun
Greek mythology
daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes

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Antigone

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noun
Greek Mythology
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta: she defies the king of Thebes, Creon, by performing funeral rites for her brother, Polynices

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Antigone

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n.
Greek Mythology
The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. She performed funeral rites over her brother's body in defiance of her uncle Creon.

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