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Creon
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Eurydice of Thebes
- Father
- Menoeceus
- Residence
- Thebes
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Creon of Thebes
- different from
- Creon
- name in native language
- Κρέοντας
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
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Encyclopedic overview
A scene from the war of the Seven against Thebes: Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, c. 340 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum (92.AE.86). Kreon, also spelled Creon (/ˈkrɛɒn/; Ancient Greek: Κρέων, romanized: Kreōn, lit. 'ruler') is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus.
Family
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Creon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.