It's unknown in the play 'Antigone' whether Eteocles and Polyneices are twins. They're described just as brothers. But they in fact are twins according to other information sources. The brothers start out as friendly power-sharing monarchs over the city of Thebes. They end up killing each other in the battle between Argos and Thebes.
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3: Polynices, Eteocles, Ismene
Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles, and Polynices
In Greek mythology she was the mother of Oedipus by Laius. After Oedipus killed Laius and married her she was the mother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus. Of these, only Eteocles and Polynices were male.
Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene were the children of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Oedipus and Jocasta had two sons, Polynices and Eteocles and two daughters, Antigone and Ismene.