House of Creon of Thebes
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The House of Creon of Thebes is the royal Theban lineage associated with King Creon, central to several Greek tragedies involving figures like Antigone, Haemon, and Megara.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| House of Creon of Thebes canonical | 1 |
| house of Creon of Corinth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6658933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: House of Creon of Thebes Context triple: [Megara, family, House of Creon of Thebes]
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Alcmaeonid family
The Alcmaeonid family was a powerful and influential aristocratic clan in ancient Athens, known for its political prominence, periodic exiles, and association with major figures such as Pericles.
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Heracleidae
The Heracleidae are the mythological descendants of the Greek hero Heracles, who play a central role in various legends about dynastic claims and the return of his lineage to power in Greece.
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Deinomenid dynasty
The Deinomenid dynasty was a powerful ruling family in ancient Sicily that controlled the city-states of Gela and Syracuse during the early 5th century BCE.
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Deinomenid family
The Deinomenid family was a powerful ruling dynasty in ancient Sicily, best known for producing tyrants of Gela and Syracuse in the early 5th century BCE.
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Megacles of the Alcmaeonidae
Megacles of the Alcmaeonidae was an influential Athenian aristocrat of the powerful Alcmaeonid family, known for his role in early Athenian politics and as an ancestor of prominent statesmen such as Cleisthenes and Pericles.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: House of Creon of Thebes Target entity description: The House of Creon of Thebes is the royal Theban lineage associated with King Creon, central to several Greek tragedies involving figures like Antigone, Haemon, and Megara.
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A.
Alcmaeonid family
The Alcmaeonid family was a powerful and influential aristocratic clan in ancient Athens, known for its political prominence, periodic exiles, and association with major figures such as Pericles.
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B.
Heracleidae
The Heracleidae are the mythological descendants of the Greek hero Heracles, who play a central role in various legends about dynastic claims and the return of his lineage to power in Greece.
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C.
Deinomenid dynasty
The Deinomenid dynasty was a powerful ruling family in ancient Sicily that controlled the city-states of Gela and Syracuse during the early 5th century BCE.
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Deinomenid family
The Deinomenid family was a powerful ruling dynasty in ancient Sicily, best known for producing tyrants of Gela and Syracuse in the early 5th century BCE.
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Megacles of the Alcmaeonidae
Megacles of the Alcmaeonidae was an influential Athenian aristocrat of the powerful Alcmaeonid family, known for his role in early Athenian politics and as an ancestor of prominent statesmen such as Cleisthenes and Pericles.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Theban dynasty
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mythological royal house ⓘ |
| associatedMythCycle | Theban cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Antigone (Sophocles)
NERFINISHED
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Heracles (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phoenician Women (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Creon of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| founder | Creon of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| governedCity | Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Creon of Thebes
NERFINISHED
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Eurydice of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Haemon NERFINISHED ⓘ Henioche (daughter of Creon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycomedes (son of Creon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ Megara’s unnamed children by Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Megareus (Menoeceus) of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Menoeceus (son of Creon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrha (daughter of Creon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ancient Greece
NERFINISHED
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Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of heroes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Creon of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
condemnation of Antigone for burying Polynices
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murder of Megara’s children by Heracles in madness ⓘ suicide of Eurydice of Thebes ⓘ suicide of Haemon ⓘ |
| predecessorHouse | House of Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedFigure |
Antigone
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Eteocles NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Ismene NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Creon of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorHouse | House of Labdacus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of political power
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conflict between state and family loyalty ⓘ tragic consequences of rigid law ⓘ |
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Subject: House of Creon of Thebes Description of subject: The House of Creon of Thebes is the royal Theban lineage associated with King Creon, central to several Greek tragedies involving figures like Antigone, Haemon, and Megara.
Referenced by (2)
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