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I Antigone have closed my eyesMy voice is deep and quiet dark and slow like a river moving over rocks never stopping never ceasing endless He was wholly at fault and he was entirely innocent This is true of us all if we only knew it His fate is everyonesI Antigone have opened my eyesThe mythical Greek king Oedipus is no stranger to tragedy As a baby he is left to die on the mountainside of Thebes by his royal parents after the Oracle of Delphi prophesies that he will kill his father and marry his mother Pitied by the shepherd tasked with leaving him Oedipus is given to another royal family and grows up ignorant of his past as a foreign princeReturning to Thebes by chance many years later he defeats the Sphinx terrorising the city by answering her riddle and becomes king From here on a series of tragic events begin to unfurlMany years later his daughter Antigone takes on the role of biographer and is determined to set the record straight about her fathers life and death In a beautiful retelling of the popular myth Antigone meditates on the illusion of free will the power of fate and her powerful familys demise An astonishing contribution to the reclaimed classics I Antigone is perfect for fans of Madeleine Miller Jennifer Saint and Elodie Harper