Creon

Purifies Amphitryon. King of Thebes who offers the city and Jocasta to whoever solves the Sphinx’s riddle.

Genealogy

Menoeceus

Jocasta

Haemon, Lycomedes, Megara, Menoeceus

Places
  1. Islands of the Taphians
  2. Thebes
Events
  1. Amphitryon, Alcmena and Licymnius are purified by Creon
  2. Amphitryon and allies attack the islands of the Taphians
  3. Creon comes to join the Amphitryon’s fight against the Taphians
  4. Hercules and Megara get married and have children
  5. Creon succeeds to power at Thebes
  6. Creon offers Jocasta and the kingdom to the whoever solves the riddle of the Sphinx
  7. Creon gives orders that Polynices and those who fought with him remain unburied
  8. Creon has Antigone buried alive
  9. Creon discovers Antigone burying Polynices
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.7
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.8
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.8
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.7
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 79
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.2
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