Menoeceus
mythological figure · 5 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Menoeceus' son · child of Menoeceus
in the texts
Tusculan Disputations
Theban youth who sacrificed himself for his country following an oracle.
Menoeceus is not passed over, who likewise, an oracle being delivered, lavished his blood upon his country;
Stromata
Addressee of Epicurus's quoted letter.
Well, then, does Epicurus too write to Menoeceus:
Heracles
Father of Creon, king of Thebes.
Hence sprung Creon, son of Menoeceus, king of this land;
Phoenissae
Son of Creon and last pure-blooded descendant of the Sown-men, whom Teiresias names as the required sacrifice; he defies his father's plan to save him and kills himself for Thebes.
Creon:
Creon:
Creon:
Oedipus Tyrannus
The father of Creon, named to identify Creon's lineage.
Prince, my kinsman, child of Menoeceus, what news have you brought us from the god?
Creon, Menoeceus’ son, to Apollo’s Pythian residence to learn what we might do or say to protect this city.