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Haemon

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Haemon

In Greek mythology, the son of Creon, King of Thebes. In Sophocles' drama Antigone, he was the lover of Antigone.



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, 1750: The authors of the "Story of Oedipus" (say) of the Sphinx: `But furthermore (she killed) noble Haemon, the dear son of blameless Creon, the comeliest and loveliest of boys.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
One instance, however, is in the Antigone, where Haemon threatens to kill Creon.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
With this he left them and went onward to Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, who was marshalling his men and urging them on, in company with Pelagon, Alastor, Chromius, Haemon, and Bias shepherd of his people.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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