One prophet in this play warns another character that "the avenging destroyers lie in wait for thee" as a result of an edict promulgated after the victory of an Argive army. After a guard witnesses the protagonist in an "earth storm of dust," Ismene tries and fails to blame 
One prophet in this play warns another character that "the avenging destroyers lie in wait for thee" as a result of an edict promulgated after the victory of an Argive army. After a guard witnesses the protagonist in an "earth storm of dust," Ismene tries and fails to blame herself for the protagonist's crime. Haemon commits suicide after the protagonist dies in a "vaulted grave," to which she was sentenced by King Creon for her forbidden burial of her brother Polynices, who killed his brother Eteocles over the kingship of Thebes. For 10 points, name this Greek tragedy written by Sophocles about the daughter of Oedipus.
One prophet in this play warns another character that "the avenging destroyers lie in wait for thee" as a result of an edict promulgated after the victory of an Argive army.