Créon (Thèbes)

See also: Créon

In the Greek Mythology, Créon (in Greek old Κρέων / Kréôn ), wire of Ménécée and brother of Jocaste (the mother of Oedipus), is king of Thèbes, city on which it reigns with three recoveries: after the death of Laïos, after the disgrace of Oedipus and the death of Étéocle (wire of Oedipus).

Married to Eurydice, it has of it several children, in particular Mégara (which it gives in marriage to Héraclès), Hémon (been engaged of Antigone, which gives itself death to its continuation), Lycomède (which takes share with the Trojan War), Créüse , and Ménécée.

Literary evocations

In the Seven against Thèbes , Tragedy of Eschyle, it incarnates the dictator. This one cannot be included/understood without the mistaken of the Gods.

Its conflict with Antigone was often evoked in literature, following the Antigone of Sophocle: during the fratricidal fight between the children of Oedipus, Créon takes party for Étéocle vis-a-vis Polynice. With their death, he refuses a burial with Polynice, declared treacherous in his city; to have faced this order, Antigone is condemned to be buried alive. In the modern versions, Créon incarnates a cynical sovereign and despotic, for example at Jean Anouilh and more still at Bertolt Brecht.

Sources

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