Creon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κρέων (Kréōn).

Proper noun

Creon

  1. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.
    • 1980, R. P. Winnington-Ingram, Sophocles: An Interpretation, →ISBN, page 126:
      It has often been observed that Creon imputes corrupt motives (here and to Teiresias), because this was a level of motivation within his comprehension.
    • 2003, Theodore Ziolkowski, The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises, →ISBN, page 152:
      Above all -- and this is of central importance in connection with the legal implications -- it is essential to understand that Creon must emerge as an appropriate counterweight to the obsessive energy of Antigone: that "Antigone's fate provides the foil for Creon and, in turn, Creon's fate becomes evident only against the background of Antigone's desitiny.
    • 2011, Regina Higgins, Charles Higgins, Cliffs Notes on Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, →ISBN, page 81:
      Perhaps more than any other figure in the Oedipus Trilogy, Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law, seems to be a very different character in each of the plays.

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Creōn m sg (genitive Creōnis); third declension

  1. A mountain of Lesbos

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Creōn
Genitive Creōnis
Dative Creōnī
Accusative Creōnem
Ablative Creōne
Vocative Creōn

References

  • Creon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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