Answer: Both brothers died in the battle.
Explanation: The reason for the battle being... "Both Eteocles and Polyneices were supposed to rule Thebes jointly. One was to rule one year and the other would rule the next year. However Eteocles refused to give up power to Polyneices once his year was over. So, Polyneices fled to Argos, raised an army, and attacked Thebes. Both brothers were killed in the battle,"
So this would be the Climax/ Rising Action
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "his approaching death." The topic that Ivan Ilyich is thinking about in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is that <span>his approaching death</span>