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why are they using the Greek and Roman counterparts' names interchangeably?

oh shit NO Argives got burials? dude-

(2) bc on lines 183-185 = "...and the man who considers more important than his fatherland his friend, I think him worthless."
So your son isn't worthless bc YOU'RE his friend? As long as he fulfills your wishes w/ no hesitation, then it's alright? my ass bruh

(1) yeah so Creon sounds like a hypocrite here. his son saying that he'll only ever "carry out [his] precepts" after Creon literally asks him "...and come to fight your father for your bride? Or am I your friend whatever I do?"
and then after Haemon agrees to stand w/ his dad, Creon says "Stand by your father's ideas in all things."

"Chorus:...Nothing comes assuredly
to every mortal life - nothing but the rush to ruin."
oooh this is kinda cold

"Creon:...No woman will rule while I live."

Damn yeah he's taking her disobedience REALLY personally

"Creon: An enemy is not a friend, even when dead."
Ah ah ah. I remember Priam from Troy (2004) saying, "You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect."
Yeah bc what Creon's doing is against what the entirety of the Greeks' believe CULTURALLY, not politically

Nah I understand where Creon's coming from, but he's wrong. If the other guys who were with Polynices got their funeral rites (assumedly through their armor being offered to Zeus), then why not the literal prince?

1. typo misspelling in margins, should be "often" not "ofter"
2. I understand the reason as to why, in the back of this version of the play, they give their interpretation of what's going on in the play. However, it seems a little too spoon-feedy to me

1. Oh cool I didn’t know that these people were directly related to Oedipus!
2. Typo misspelling

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