How Did Eurydice Kill Herself?

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In Sophocles' Antigone, She Kills Herself After Learning That Her Son Haemon Haemon According to Sophocles' Play Antigone, Haemon /ˈHiːmɒn/ or Haimon (Ancient...

How Did Eurydice Kill Herself?

In Sophocles' Antigone, she kills herself after learning that her son Haemon

Haemon
According to Sophocles' play Antigone, Haemon /ˈhiːmɒn/ or Haimon (Ancient Greek: Αἵμων, Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) was the mythological son of Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara, Pyrrha and Henioche.
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and his betrothed, Antigone, had both committed suicide, from a messenger. She thrusts a sword into her heart and curses Creon
Creon
In Oedipus Rex, Creon is a brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus. Laius, a previous king of Thebes, had given the rule to Creon while he went to consult the oracle at Delphi.
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for the death of her two sons: Haemon and Megareus.

How does Queen Eurydice die?

She appears briefly in Sophocles' Antigone (as an "archetypal grieving, saddened mother" and an older counterpart to Antigone), to kill herself after learning, from a messenger, that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, have both committed suicide.

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Where does Eurydice kill herself?

In Sophocles's Antigone, Eurydice stabs herself to death because she is heartbroken over the death of her son, Haemon. Haemon took his own life after his betrothed, Antigone, killed herself. Eurydice's death is the third suicide in the play.

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