Their sister, Antigone, in defiance of the new king's edict, attempts to bury Polynices, the brother on the vanquished side, who has been declared an enemy of the state.

他们的妹妹安提戈涅不顾新国王的法令，试图埋葬被宣布为国家敌人的战败一方的兄弟波吕尼刻斯。