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Creon
legendary king of Corinth
Watch the exchange between self-blinded Oedipus and Creon in Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus RexIn Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, the blind Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes.
See all videos for this articleCreon, the name of two figures in Greek legend. The first, son of Lycaethus, was king of Corinth and father of Glauce or Creüsa, the second wife of Jason, for whom Jason abandoned Medea. Euripides recounted this legend in his tragedy Medea. The second, the brother of Jocasta, was successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes.