Creon

English

Alternative forms

• Creone
• Kreon

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.

Anagrams

• Ceron, Crone, Oncer, crone, necro, necro-, oncer, recon

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.oːn/, [ˈkreoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.on/, [ˈkrɛːon]

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.