The chorus ends this play with an ironic response to one of the main characters' last speech, where he proclaims "Great Victory, continually crown my life."  
The chorus ends this play with an ironic response to one of the main characters' last speech, where he proclaims "Great Victory, continually crown my life."  The sacrifice of Menoeceus is almost avoided, but he plunges his own sword into his throat to save Thebes in accordance with the prophecy of Tiresias.  Towards the end, the new monarch Creon orders that Antigone must marry Haemon.  Set against the backdrop of the Seven's battle against Thebes, it is its creator's longest surviving play.  FTP, identify this Euripides drama whose chorus is the title group.
The chorus ends this play with an ironic response to one of the main characters' last speech, where he proclaims "Great Victory, continually crown my life."  
The Phoenician Women or Phonissai