impossible mourning, n.Definitions

Impossible mourning (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Antigone's grief: her father buried in secret on foreign soil, she weeps less for him than for the mourning she has been denied.

Impossible mourning (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Oedipus's last bequest: by hiding his grave even from his daughters he deprived them of their mourning — the most generous and poisoned gift there is.