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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
1
Time & Place
The citadel of Thebes
Length
Medium
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Eteocles and his twin brother, Polyneices, are in
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Ah me, the madman, and the curse of Heaven
And woe for us, the lamentable line
Of Oedipus, and woe that in this house
Our father's curse must find accomplishment!
But now, a truce to tears and loud lament,
Lest they should breed a still more
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