Neither the besiegers nor the besieged could gain any real advantage and finally both sides agreed to let the matter be decided by a combat between the brothers. if eteocles was the victor, the argive army would withdraw; if eteocles was conquered, polyneices should be king. neither was victor; they killed each other. eteocles dying looked upon his brother and wept; he had no strength to speak. polyneices could murmur a few words: "my brother, my enemy, but loved, always loved. bury me in my homeland—to have so much at least of my city." which actions best support the theme that lust for power is stronger than family ties? select two options. the brothers fight each other for the throne. both brothers die trying to gain power. eteocles weeps when he kills polyneices. polyneices wants to be buried in thebes. polyneices professes his love for eteocles.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.