CREON

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• CREON (noun)
  The noun CREON has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus

  Familiarity information: CREON used as a noun is very rare.

• CREON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)