Haemon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aemon
thumb|Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone by Henry Fuseli, 1800 gray-brown wash over graphite.
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Creon
- Mother
- Eurydice of Thebes
Show 2 more facts
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- manner of death
- Suicide
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Mythology
- See also
- References
thumb|Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone by Henry Fuseli, 1800 gray-brown wash over graphite.
In Greek mythology, Haemon (; ; gen.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara, Pyrrha and Henioche. The various sources of his myth present differing and contradictory versions of his story.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haemon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.