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Antigone
daughter of Oedipus, her name may mean "in place of a mother" in Greek, from
anti-
"opposite, in place of" (see
anti-
) +
gone
"womb, childbirth, generation," from root of
gignesthai
"to be born" related to
genos
"race, birth, descent" (see
genus
).