Creon · Atlas · Falsafa

Now you shall weigh the merits of the verses which were specially written by the poet for the character of Creon-Aeschines, though he forgot to repeat them to himself in connection with his embassy, and did not quote them to the jury.

on the false embassy ¶

The Funeral SpeechClassical · Greek

Ruler who forbade the burial of the Seven against Thebes, an act the Athenians' ancestors refused to allow to stand.

In addition to all these and many other noble deeds they refused to suffer the lawful rites of the departed to be treated with despite when Creon forbade the burial of the seven against Thebes.

the funeral speech ¶

HeraclesClassical · Greek

Former king of Thebes, son of Menoeceus, father of Megara; killed by Lycus, whose usurpation of the throne sets the play's crisis in motion.

Megara:

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Megara:

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Heracles:

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SuppliantsClassical · Greek

New ruler of Thebes after Eteocles' death, who forbids Adrastus's suppliancy and the burial of the Argive dead, precipitating the war with Athens.

Not a word would Creon let his herald answer back, but there he stood in silence under arms.

suppliants ¶

But Creon, when he marked our cavalry’s success on one wing, caught up a shield and rushed into the fray, ere that despondency should seize his men;

suppliants ¶

To whom must I announce the message of Creon, who rules o’er the land of Cadmus, since Eteocles was slain by the hand of his brother Polynices, at the sevenfold gates of Thebes?

suppliants ¶

Shield of HeraclesClassical · Greek

King of Thebes who receives the exiled Amphitryon and treats him as a suppliant deserves.

Then he came to Creon and long-robed Eniocha, who received him kindly and gave him all fitting things, as is due to suppliants, and honored him in their hearts even more.

against callicles ¶

The Rights of War and PeaceRenaissance · English

Theban ruler who forbade the burial of Polynices.

In the Tragedy of the Suppliants, Euripides calls it the law of the Gods, and in the Antigone of Sophocles, the heroine makes the following reply to Creon, who had forbidden any one under pain of death, to give the rites of burial to Polynices, “A prohibition, like this, was not revealed by the supreme will, nor by that heaven-born justice, which has established those laws of respect for the dead:

chapter 24 ¶

IsthmeanClassical · Greek

King of Thebes and father of Megara, Heracles's wife.

For him, above the Electran gates, we Thebans, busily preparing the feast and the circle of newly-built altars, pile up burnt offerings in honor of the eight bronze-clad men, now dead, the sons whom Megara, Creon’s daughter, bore him.

chapter 4 ¶

Alcibiades 2Classical · Greek

Tragic figure from Euripides whose remark on receiving wreaths is quoted by Socrates at the close.

And as Euripides has made Creon say when he sees Teiresias wearing his wreaths, and hears that he has obtained them, on account of his art, as first-fruits of the spoils of war:

alcibiades 2 ¶

AmphitruoHellenistic · Latin

King of Thebes who is at war with the Teleboans and appoints Amphitryon to command his forces.

THE SUBJECT CREON, King of Thebes, being at war with the Teleboans or Taphians, under the command of Ptereias, sends an army against them.

the schedule acts of the governor general in counc ¶