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A-Z: General definitions: Creon
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Brother of Jocasta and king of Thebes after the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices.
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Wife first of Laius, second of her son Oedipus, sister of Creon.
Principal city of Boeotia in Greece.
Son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Polynices, the brothers dying at each other's hands.
Son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles, the brothers dying at each other's hands.
The name means 'swollen-foot'; he was so-called as a result of the spike driven through his feet when he was left to die as an infant; he was destined to kill his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta.
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