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Creon appears in the 1959 film Hercules Unchained, portrayed by Italian actor Carlo D'Angelo. The film omits much of his mythology and depicts Creon as a noble high priest and councilor to the reigning King Eteocles of Thebes. He is supportive of Hercules' diplomatic efforts to save Thebes from the dispute between the brothers Eteocles and ...
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
In the Argonautica, Medea hypnotized him from the Argo, driving him mad so that he dislodged the nail, ichor flowed from the wound, and he bled to death. [17] After Talos died, the Argo landed. At some point while in Thessaly, Medea and the Nereid, Thetis (the future mother of Achilles), argued over which one was the most beautiful.
Presents from Medea to Creusa from a Lucanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 390 BC. From Apulia. (Louvre Museum, Paris) In Greek mythology, Creusa (/ k r i ˈ uː s ə /; Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα Kreousa "princess" ) or Glauce (/ ˈ ɡ l ɔː s i /; Γλαυκή "blue-gray"), Latin Glauca, was a princess of Corinth as the daughter of King Creon.
Creon, Antigone's uncle and newly appointed King of Thebes, buries Eteocles, who fought on the Theban side of the war, hailing him as a great hero. He refuses to bury Polyneices, proclaiming that any who attempt to defy his wishes will be made an example of, on the grounds that he was a 'traitor' fighting on the opposing side in the war.
Creon is best known in connection with the myth of Jason and Medea mentioned above. He showed hospitality towards the couple, and later expressed consent for Jason to marry his daughter. Ultimately, he fell victim to Medea's subsequent revenge, getting burned to death as he was attempting to rescue his daughter from similar fate. [4] [5] [6]
She appears briefly in Sophocles' Antigone (as an "archetypal grieving, saddened mother" and an older counterpart to Antigone [2]), to kill herself after learning, from a messenger, that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, have both died by suicide.
John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances.