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A clash of loyalties

2 September 2017

9:00 AM

2 September 2017

9:00 AM

If someone was to lob the name Antigone about, many of us would smile and nod while trying to remember if this is the one about the guy who shagged his mum or the parent who offed their kids. (Bit of both.). or those whose Sophocles is hazy, let me summarise.

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