Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Eteocles.
Yorgos Javellas
Javellas' Antigone opens on the aftermath of Eteocles' war: the brother who held Thebes, buried with honour, while Polynices is left for the dogs — the decree that starts the tragedy.
Arthur Honegger
Honegger's opera inherits the brothers' mutual slaughter as given: Eteocles the buried king, the other side of the gate Creon will not name.
Jean Racine
Racine's first tragedy is the Theban brothers' civil war: Eteocles and Polynices destroying each other and their house before Antigone's story can begin.
