haemon

Haemon (Greek: Αἴμων, Haimon "bloody"), was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and betrothed of Antigone. His bride was sentenced to death because she disobeyed Creon's orders by burying her brother Polynices. She was apprehended by the guards and taken before Creon, who decreed that she will herself be buried by being sealed in a cave. Haemon protested her sentence and lectured his father on wise leadership. Creon refused to change his mind. When the prophet Tiresias informed Creon that the gods are angry with his pronouncement concerning Polynices, he finally relented, but too late. When the cave is opened to retrieve Antigone, she had already hung herself. In his grief and anger, Haemon tried to kill Creon. He failed, and then killed himself instead.…more
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  • Antigone

    Antigone

    In Greek mythology, Antigone is a Theban princess, and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She is the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes. Her mother is Jocasta. In another variation of the myth, her mother is Euryganeia. She is a sister of Po...

  • Ismene

    Ismene

    In Greek mythology, Ismene is a Theban princess. She is the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, king of Thebes, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices. She appears in several tragic plays of Sophocles: at t...

  • Eurydice (wife of Creon)

    Eurydice (wife Of Creon)

    In Greek mythology, Eurydice was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes. In Sophocles Antigone, she kills herself after learning that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, had both committed suicide, from a messenger. She thrusts a sword into her...

  • Haemon

    Haemon

    Haemon (Greek: Αἴμων, Haimon "bloody"), was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and betrothed of Antigone. His bride was sentenced to death because she disobeyed Creons orders by burying her brother Polynices. She was apprehended by the guards and taken ...

  • Tiresias

    Tiresias

    In Greek mythology, Tiresias (/taɪˈriːsiəs/; Greek: Τειρεσίας, Teiresias) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo...

  • Creon

    Creon

    Creon is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. He had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche). Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of t...