Megara’s Family Tree

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Family

• Creon(parent),Haemon(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.

• Heracles(spouse)— Marriage

  Heracles married Megara, daughter of King Creon of Thebes, as a reward for defending the city. He later killed their children in a fit of madness sent by Hera.

Associated with

• Creon

  Creon gave Megara in marriage to Heracles, linking the Theban royal house to the greatest of Greek heroes. Megara's murder by the maddened Heracles was among the tragedies touching Creon's family.

• Iolaus

  In Plutarch's account and several mythographic traditions, Heracles gave his first wife Megara to his nephew Iolaus after the hero's madness and the death of his children, entrusting her to his most loyal companion.

• Thebes

  Megara, daughter of King Creon, was given as wife to Heracles in Thebes as reward for his defense of the city against the Minyans. Heracles later killed Megara and their children in a fit of Hera-sent madness.