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Creon or Kreon (/ ˈ k r iː ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Κρέων, romanized: Kreōn, lit. 'ruler' [ 2 ] ) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus .
In Greek mythology, Creon (/ ˈ k r iː ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Κρέων, romanized: Kreōn, lit. 'ruler'), [ 1 ] son of Lycaethus , [ 2 ] was a king of Corinth and father of Hippotes and Creusa or Glauce , whom Jason would marry if not for the intervention of Medea .
Creon, the Thespian son of Heracles by an unnamed daughter [4] of King Thespius of Thespiae. [5] Creon and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, [ 6 ] for a week [ 7 ] or in the course of 50 days [ 8 ] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion . [ 9 ]
Creon (king of Thebes), mythological king of Thebes Creon (king of Corinth) , father of Creusa/Glauce in Euripides' Medea Creon, son of Heracles by a daughter of Thespius , king of Thespiae
Creon even gave his daughter Megara in marriage to Heracles. In return, Heracles defended Thebes in two more wars that Thebes became entangled in, first against King Erginus of Minyan Orchomenus, then against Pyracmus of Euboea. After the death of Eteocles and Polynices, Creon prohibited a proper burial of Polynices and his Argive allies.
Creon's son Haemon, who was engaged to Antigone, commits suicide with a knife, and his mother Queen Eurydice also kills herself in despair over her son's death. She had been forced to weave throughout the entire story, and her death alludes to The Fates. [2] By her death Antigone ends up destroying the household of her adversary, Creon. [1]
Medea is exiled from Corinth by King Creon, and is offered refuge in Athens by King Aegeus after she offers to help him get an heir with her magic. In revenge against Jason, Medea murders her own sons and Jason's new bride, King Creon's daughter, with a poisoned crown and robes, so that Jason will be without heir and legacy for the rest of his ...
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s i /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eὐrudíkē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice) sometimes called Henioche, [1] was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes.