Menoeceus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Creon(child),Jocasta(child)

  Creon and Jocasta were siblings, children of Menoeceus of Thebes. After Laius's death, Creon served as regent and offered Jocasta's hand to whoever could defeat the Sphinx.

Associated with

• Antigone

  Menoeceus, Creon's son, sacrificed himself to save Thebes during the war of the Seven. His death and that of Antigone's brothers in the same war created the conditions for Antigone's conflict with Creon.

• Creon

  In Euripides' Phoenissae, Creon's son Menoeceus sacrificed himself at Tiresias's prophecy to save Thebes during the war of the Seven. The loss of Menoeceus was among Creon's deepest griefs.