- In Gr**** mythology,
Haemon /ˈhiːmɒn/ or
Haimon (Ancient Gr****: Αἵμων,
Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of
Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother...
- mythology,
Haemon /ˈhiːmɒn/ or
Haimon (Ancient Gr****: Αἵμων
Haimon "bloody"; gen.: Αἵμωνος) may
refer to the
following personages and a creature:
Haemon, an...
- be imprisoned. The
Chorus sings of the
troubles of the
house of Oedipus.
Haemon, Creon's son,
enters to
pledge allegiance to his father, even
though he...
-
Heracles then
intercedes and
unsuccessfully pleads with
Creon to
forgive Hæmon.
Hæmon then
kills Antigone and himself. The
intercession by
Heracles is also...
- Antigone, the
daughter of
Oedipus and Jocasta, who is
betrothed to Creon's son
Haemon,
defies him by
burying her brother, and is
condemned to be
entombed alive...
- Sophocles' in
three major ways:
Haemon was
discovered with
Antigone at the
burial of
Polynices Haemon and
Antigone married Haemon and
Antigone had a son Maeon...
- caught.
Creon decreed death, this in
spite of her
betrothal to his son
Haemon. Antigone's sister, Ismene, then
declared she had
aided Antigone and wanted...
- into a
stone box in the ground, this in
spite of her
betrothal to his son
Haemon. Antigone's sister, Ismene, then
declared she had
aided Antigone and wanted...
-
probably the
mother of Creon's five children: Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes,
Haemon,
Megara and Pyrrha. She
appears briefly in Sophocles'
Antigone (as an "archetypal...
- Oxulos), was a
mythical king of Elis, who came from
Aetolia and was son of
Haemon (himself son of Thoas) or of Andraemon.
Oxylus was
exiled from
Aetolia on...
