Polynices
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In Greek mythology, Polynices was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia, and the brother of Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. When Oedipus discovered that he had killed his father and marr
Etruscan funerary urn with the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices in polychrome terracotta, 3rd century BC from the tomb of the Cumni in Santa Mustiola.
Eteocles and Polynices, copy of mural in François Tomb from Vulci made in 4th century BC
Antigone on the side of Polynices by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1868.
Antigone
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In Greek mythology, Antigone was a Theban princess and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother/grandmother was either Jocasta or, in
Polynices
…romanized: Polyneíkes, lit. 'manifold strife' or 'much strife') was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia, and the brother of Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. When Oedipus discovered that he had killed his father and married his mother, he blinded himself and left Thebes, leaving Polynices and…
Antigone tied on an Apulian red-figure amphora by the Darius Painter, ca. 350-320 BC, Altes Museum
Oedipus and Antigone by Aleksander Kokular (1825–1828), National Museum, Warsaw.
Antigone in Front of the Dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras, National Gallery, Athens, Greece (1865)
Antigone leads the blind Oedipus away on a mural from Delos, 1st century BC.