Chapter 10 Seven Heroes' Expedition to Thebes - 10

The king watched the furious prophet Tiresias go out, and suddenly he felt an indescribable fear.He summoned the elders of the city to discuss what to do now. "Release Antigone from the cave, and bury Polynices' body!" they all said with one voice. The stubborn king was unwilling to make concessions.But now he didn't dare to insist on his own opinion, and had to agree with everyone, because this was the only way to save his family from destruction, as Tiresias' prophecy had made clear.So he led his servants, entourage and soldiers to the place where Polynices' dead body lay, and then to the cave where Antigone was imprisoned.His wife Eurydice remained alone at the palace.Soon, she heard screams from the street.She hurriedly left the inner room and came to the front hall, where she ran into the envoy who was coming towards her.

"We prayed to the gods of the underworld," said the emissary, "and then took a holy bath for the dead man, cremated his remains, and built a tomb for him with the soil of his homeland. Tigone, and was going to let her starve to death in the cave. A servant walking in front heard the mournful cry from a distance. The king heard it faintly, and he recognized that it was his son's cry. Immediately order the servants to hurry over. They peeped through the cracks in the stone. We saw Antigone hanged with her veil wrapped in a rope at the back of the cave. Your son Haemon knelt before her and embraced her The dead body was weeping, mourning the tragic death of his fiancée, and cursing his cruel and heartless father. At this time, King Creon opened the cave door and entered. He cried aloud: "My child, come quickly to your father." I beg you on my knees!' The son stared blankly at him in despair, and pulled out the sharp sword from the scabbard without a word. His father hurried out of the cave to avoid his assassination. At this time, Hai Meng suddenly committed suicide with his sword."

Eurydice was stunned at the news.Finally, she left the palace in a hurry.At this time, King Creon returned to the palace in despair, and the servants followed him carrying the body of his only son.After a while, he got a report that the queen had committed suicide in the inner room and lay down in a pool of blood.