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Sphinx's riddle, and so he became king of this land and received its sceptre as his prize, and married his mother, all unwitting, luckless wretch! nor did I his mother know that I was wedded to my son; and I bore him two sons, Eteocles and the hero Polyneices, and two daughters as well; the one her father called Ismene, the other, which was the elder, I named
The Phoenissae 2008
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Sphinx's riddle, and so he became king of this land and received its sceptre as his prize, and married his mother, all unwitting, luckless wretch! nor did I his mother know that I was wedded to my son; and I bore him two sons, Eteocles and the hero Polyneices, and two daughters as well; the one her father called Ismene, the other, which was the elder, I named
The Phoenissae 2008
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Ismene refuses to help her, fearing the death penalty, but she is unable to dissuade Antigone from going to bury her brother herself.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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In the opening of the play, Antigone brings Ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting: Antigone wants to bury Polynices 'body, in defiance of Creon's edict.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Ismene refuses to help her, fearing the death penalty, but she is unable to dissuade Antigone from going to bury her brother herself.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Antigone and Ismene are the sisters of the dead brothers.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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It will cost about $23 million to repair all eight buildings, at about $75,000 per unit, according to Ismene Speliotis, executive director of Mutual Housing Association of New York Management Inc., a nonprofit housing organization.
Bank Sells Bronx Mortgage Joseph De Avila 2011
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In the opening of the play, Antigone brings Ismene outside the city gates late at night for a secret meeting: Antigone wants to bury Polynices 'body, in defiance of Creon's edict.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Ismene goes to her room and Antigone turns on the TV.
A student play blasting N.Y. school reform is banned Valerie Strauss 2010
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