Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Oedipus at Colonus: Arrival, Death, and Heroic Passing
  Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus at Colonus* (+ Apollodorean notice)
• Antigone, the Burial of Polynices, and Creon’s Edict
  Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone* (+ Apollodorean aftermath)
• Creon of Thebes: Tyranny after the Brothers
  Heroes — Theban / Creonid rule · Sophoclean / Euripidean / Apollodorean (post-Seven kingship)
• Ismene: Fate Variants (Antigone’s Sister)
  Heroes — Theban / Oedipus’s daughters · Sophoclean survival vs. tragic / handbook death variants
• Antigone Entombed Alive (Sophocles)
  Heroes — Theban / Antigone · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone* (cave tomb and suicide)

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Assembly
• Olympia
• Rhamnus
• Rock tomb
• Rock-chamber
• Thebes

Themes

• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• War