Haemon

Haemon (Greek: Αἴμων, Haimon "bloody"), was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and betrothed of Antigone. His bride was sentenced to death because she disobeyed Creon's orders by burying her brother Polynices. She was apprehended by the guards and taken before Creon, who decreed that she will herself be buried by being sealed in a cave. Haemon protested her sentence and lectured his father on wise leadership. Creon refused to change his mind. When the prophet Tiresias informed Creon that the gods are angry with his pronouncement concerning Polynices, he finally relented, but too late. When the cave is opened to retrieve Antigone, she had already hung herself. In his grief and anger, Haemon tried to kill Creon. He failed, and then killed himself instead.…more