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.
Now you are our only survivor of the Sown race, pure-blooded both on your mother’s and your father’s side, you and your sons.
After Creon’s son, who gave up his life for his country, had taken his stand on the turret’s top and plunged a dark-hilted sword through his throat to save this land, your son told off seven companies with their captains to the seven gates to keep watch on the Argive warriors, and stationed cavalry to cover cavalry, and infantry to support infantry, so that assistance might be close at hand for an …
We admire him, we admire him, who has gone to his death in his country’s cause, leaving tears to Creon, but bringing a crown of victory to our seven fenced towers.
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.