Greek Tragedy

Menoeceus (Creon's son)

Family: Thebes · Role: son of Creon · First appears: Euripides, The Phœnician Virgins — Scene 4

Life events

  • Eteocles sends Menoeceus to summon Tiresias for prophetic counsel.(Euripides, The Phœnician Virgins — Scene 4 · 📍 Thebes)
    • With: Eteocles Tiresias
    • “I will send thy son, Creon, Menœceus, of the same name with thy father, to bring Tiresias hither.”

Euripides, The Phœnician Virgins — Scene 4

  • parent: Creon “I will send thy son, Creon, Menœceus, of the same name with thy father, to bring Tiresias hither”
  • with Tiresias (interaction) “Be of good cheer; for thou hast steered thy foot, Tiresias, near to thy friends; but take hold of him, my son. Since every chariot, and the foot of the aged man is used to expect the assistance of another's hand.”

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