Haemon
mythological figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 9 anchored passages
son · boy · bridegroom · last of your offspring · youngest and last of my sons
in the texts
Phoenissae
Son of Creon, betrothed to Antigone as arranged by Eteocles before he goes to battle.
And may I find my brother face to face, meet him in battle and kill him with my spear But if I suffer any misfortune, you must see to the marriage between Antigone, my sister and Haemon, your son;
Haemon’s marriage holds him back from the slaughter, for he is no longer single;
As for you, Antigone, leave your mourning for these lifeless three and go indoors, to lead your maiden life until to-morrow, when Haemon waits to marry you.
Antigone
Creon's son and Antigone's betrothed, who challenges Creon's rigidity and defends civic sympathy for Antigone.
My king, it is right, if he speaks something appropriate, that you should learn from him and that you, in turn, Haemon, should learn from your father.
—My son, can it be that after hearing the final judgment concerning your betrothed, you have come in rage against your father?
Bring out that hated thing, so that with him looking on she may die right now in her bridegroom’s presence and at his side!