This war was fought between her two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices. Ironically, they died at each other's hands. Eteocles was buried with full honors and remembered as a hero. Polyneices wasn’t treated so amiably however, and was left on the battlefield for nature to conceal. King Creon believed Polyneices betrayed Thebes; in his mind, a traitor didn’t deserve a funeral, even if he was family. Antigone felt strongly that Polyneices fault just as valiantly as Eteocles had and deserved to be honored along side him. She decided to risk her life to bury him, ignoring her uncle’s new law concerning traitors. She also ignored the reasoning of her sister, Ismene, “They mean a great deal to me, but i have no strength/ To break laws that were made for the public good” (Prologue,64-65). Ismene feels for her brothers just as Antigone does, although she is more level headed about her anger and grief. She knows that no good will come to Antigone if she breaks the law. Antigone refuses to