Haemon’s Family Tree

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Family

• Creon(parent),Megara(sibling)

  Creon was father of Haemon and Megara. Haemon was betrothed to Antigone and killed himself in her tomb. Megara was given in marriage to Heracles as reward for defending Thebes.

Associated with

• Antigone

  Haemon, Creon's son and Antigone's betrothed, pleaded with his father to spare her life. Finding Antigone dead by hanging in her tomb, Haemon killed himself beside her body.

• Creon

  Haemon, Creon's son, pleaded with his father to spare Antigone in Sophocles' Antigone. When Creon relented too late, Haemon found Antigone dead and killed himself, devastating Creon.