Talk:Creon (king of Thebes)

Comments
unclear antecedents, inconsistent name usages, and poor application of Standard English.

Added Sophocles
"In Sophocles's account, the two brothers agreed to alternate rule, but Polynices decided to not share power with his brother after his tenure was expired."

Please expand upon it if you wish. Intranetusa 22:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

A "trioligy"
It is said in this article that Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus were a trioligy. However, although the three books used the same characters, Sophocles did not intend them to be a triology. They were written in reverse chroology, and they were written years apart. I would recommend that the refrence of these books being a triology be removed from this article and from all other related articles, becase the books are technically not a triology. 67.170.75.246 (talk) 02:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Who Became King After Oedipus?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creon : However, when the truth is revealed about Jocasta and Oedipus requests to be exiled, it is Creon who grants his wish and takes the throne in his stead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus: In Sophocles' Antigone, when Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes he gave the kingdom to his two sons, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Niels Flyger (talk • contribs) 12:13, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Answer
Perhaps Creon assumed power as an interim king.

Willy625 (talk) 02:23, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you to whoever undid the previous edit. That was crude and uncalled for. Whoever wrote it should be banned.

Willy625 (talk) 02:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Descendant of Cadmus?
I don't think Creon is actually an descendant of Cadmus, his legitimacy as king of Thebes is derived from being the brother of Jocasta, who married into the royal line, and also a descendent of the Sparti Echion, who founded one of the original noble houses of the city. As far as I am aware the children of Oedipus were the last descendants of Cadmus' line.

Can anyone confirm this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.220.64 (talk) 16:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Image Source
There is already a good image of Creon on wikimedia commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antigone_condannata_a_morte_da_Creonte.jpg

This is Antigone Sentenced To Death by Creon by Giuseppe Diotti. The figure in the red cape at the centre is Creon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.220.64 (talk) 17:05, 29 March 2018 (UTC)