Ismene
mythological figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 11 anchored passages
sister · daughter · child · maiden · maiden sister · that other
in the texts
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus' daughter, sister of Antigone, who brings news of Theban strife and Delphic prophecy and undertakes the required atonement rite.
Ismene:
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Phoenissae
Younger daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polyneices.
the one her father called Ismene;
Antigone
Antigone's sister, initially unwilling to violate Creon's decree but later wishing to share Antigone's guilt and fate.
Creon:
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