Creon (king of Thebes)

For other uses, see Creon (Greek myth).

A scene from the war of the Seven against Thebes: Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, c. 340 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum (92.AE.86).[1]

Creon/Kreon (/ˈkriːɒn/; Ancient Greek: Κρέων, romanized: Kreōn, lit. 'ruler'[2]) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus.

  1. ^ J. Paul Getty Museum 92.AE.86.
  2. ^ Hard, Robin. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004), p. 342