1. Creon - Noun
2. Creon - Proper noun
(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
Source: WordNetNow such an one for daughter Creon had As maketh wise men fools and young men mad. William Morris
Although Creon has a change of heart and heads to the tomb to release Antigone, Creon's son Hæmon (who was engaged to Antigone) stabs himself after seeing that Antigone has hanged herself in the tomb. Source: Internet
Antigone is brought before Creon, and states that she knew Creon's law regarding no mourning for Polynices but chose to break it, expounding upon the superiority of 'divine law' to that made by man. Source: Internet
Her suicide triggers the suicide of two others close to King Creon: his son, Haemon, who was to wed Antigone, and his wife, Eurydice, who commits suicide after losing her only surviving son. Source: Internet
In his narrow and unduly rigid to his civic duties, Creon has defied the gods through his denial of humanity’s common obligations toward the dead. Source: Internet
Creon sentences her to death. Source: Internet