Haemon is presented in the sources as the son of Creon (king of Thebes) and Eurydice, a member of the ruling household of Thebes. As a dynastic figure his significance derives from lineage and familial position within the Theban saga: he appears in the aftermath of the civil strife over Polynices' burial and in the dramatic confrontation between Creon and Antigone. Different strands of the mythic tradition record variant outcomes for Haemon (Sophocles' tragic account in which he kills himself after Antigone's death; other sources — summarized in modern compilations — report traditions in which he marries Antigone and fathers a son Maeon, or where other narrative fates are ascribed), reflecting the plurality of poetic and local genealogical traditions rather than a single canonical life-story.
The primary sources are dramatic and genealogical and provide no fixed physical description; Haemon is represented theatrically as a young nobleman, Creon's son and Antigone's beloved, appearing in the play's staged scenes rather than through descriptive catalogue. The supplied texts and recordings (Sophocles translations and stage productions) identify him by his social markers (prince, son of the king, fiancé) rather than by bodily detail, so any depiction beyond youth and aristocratic dress derives from performance tradition rather than the cited textual materials.
Haemon possesses no supernatural powers in the provided sources; his 'abilities' are social and moral capacities manifested as rhetorical skill, filial and conjugal loyalty, and decisive action under emotional strain. In Sophocles' Antigone he pleads with Creon on Antigone's behalf and argues for moderation, confronting sovereign authority. His significance arises from his role as agent within human political and familial networks: he can persuade, confront, and — in tragic versions — take his own life, actions that carry moral and political consequences in the narrative. Variants in mythic summaries attribute different life outcomes (marriage and offspring in some accounts, suicide in Sophocles, other fates elsewhere), but none ascribe supernatural faculties.
Weaknesses
- conditionmortality (human vulnerability, susceptibility to despair and grief)
- otherconflicting loyalties (torn between filial obedience and conjugal/ethical obligations)
Wards
None recorded.
Antiphus
Antiphus (Ancient Greek Ἄντιφος) is a personal name borne by several mortal men in Greek myth and epic traditions rather than a single supernatural being. Multiple figures named Antiphus appear in genealogies and narratives as princes, warriors, companions of heroes, colonists, and victims in the heroic age (generation of Heracles, the Trojan War, and the Odyssey).
Bebryces
The Bebryces (Greek: Βέβρυκες) are a legendary people or tribe attested in Greek mythographic and geographic tradition, primarily located in Bithynia (northwestern Anatolia). They appear in heroic-age narratives as local rulers and warriors—not as supernatural beings—and are associated with episodes involving Heracles, the Argonauts, and named kings such as Amycus and Mygdon.
Caletor
Caletor (Ancient Greek: Καλήτωρ) is a personal name borne by at least two mortal figures in the Trojan War cycle: a Trojan defender, son of Clytius, who attempted to burn an Achaean ship and was slain by Ajax; and a separate Caletor attested as the father of the Achaean warrior Aphareus. He is treated in the sources as a human participant in epic narrative and genealogy.
Ctimenus
Ctimenus (Ancient Greek: Κτιμένου) is attested in Greek mythographic records as a human genealogical figure — named as the father of the Argonaut Eurydamas and associated with Ctimene in Dolopian Thessaly. He is not described as a supernatural being; extant sources record only his genealogical role and note an alternative tradition giving Eurydamas different parentage.
Damno
Damno is a figure in Greek mythographic genealogies identified as an Egyptian princess, daughter of King Belus, who in some accounts marries Agenor and is mother to Isaia (Isaie) and Melia. She functions primarily as a dynastic link in origin myths rather than as an independently active mythic character.
Diores
Diores (Ancient Greek: Διώρης, Diṓrēs) is not a single supernatural entity but a recurring personal name borne by several distinct mortal figures in Greek and Roman epic and mythographic tradition. The name appears attached to at least four human characters — fathers, leaders, princes, and husbands — across Homeric, mythographic, and Virgilian narratives.
Dotis
Dotis (Ancient Greek: Δωτίς or Δωτίδος) is a personal name attested in ancient Greek mythographic and lexicographic sources. The name is borne by multiple mythic individuals known from genealogical notices (one male, two female in the cited traditions) rather than a single, coherent supernatural being or class of entity.
Echemela
Echemela is a variant personal name attested in Greek mythographic and commentarial traditions as the wife (bride) of Megapenthes, the illegitimate son of Menelaus. The name appears alongside other onomastic variants (Iphiloche, Echemelos) in manuscript and commentary transmissions rather than as an independent supernatural figure.
Egremus
Egremus is a named mortal figure in Greek myth attested only as a combatant who fell in the war between Eumolpus and Eleusis. He is identified by the patronymic 'son of Eurynomus' and appears only in genealogical/war-list context in the cited source.
Epistrophus
Epistrophus is a personal name borne by several mortal figures in Greek mythic genealogies and epic narratives. In the Homeric and later mythographic tradition he is attested primarily as a heroic-age leader — notably a leader of the Phocians in the Trojan War cycle — and appears in catalogue-lists, genealogical summaries, and death-notes rather than as a supernatural being.
Glauce
Glauce (Ancient Greek Γλαύκη, Latin Glauca) is a recurring female proper name in Greek myth applied to several distinct figures — sea-nymph (including a Nereid), Arcadian nurse of Zeus, and various mortal princesses (notably the Corinthian bride in the Medea cycle). The name evokes a blue‑green gleam and in some traditions personifies a sea‑color; the figures bearing it function chiefly as attendants, dynastic daughters, or tragic victims rather than as individually powerful supernatural agents.
Hecuba
Hecuba (Greek Ἑκάβη, Hekábē) is the wife of King Priam and queen of Troy in Greek epic and tragic traditions. Portrayed primarily as a grieving royal matron who performs ritual acts (libations, leading temple supplication, lamentation), later variant traditions record her revengeful violence after the murder of her son and post-war metamorphoses (notably into a dog) or divine rescue.
Community Record
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- [2]Antigone by Sophocles (translation) — MIT Classics. Sophocles, Antigone (translation) at MIT Classicsliterary
- [3]Antigone (1985) produced recordings and translations (BBC/Robert Fagles archive). Sophocles, Antigone (1985 recording/translation)literary
- [4]Antigone — Archive collection (Greek language edition). Sophocles, Αντιγόνη (archive edition)literary