Question

Why does Eteocles receive an honorable burial?

Answer 1

Eteocles receives an honorable burial becuse his uncle Theban King Creon believes that he was loyal in the recent Argive battle. His twin brother, however, does not get the same honor because he was disloyal in the battle.

Answer 2

Eteocles receives an honorable burial because he died defending Thebes against enemies.

In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus as well as Jocasta or Euryganeia.

Thebes is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played a significant role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and the like. Thebes constituted the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia.