Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became the king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
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- noun (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
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Examples
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As long as we're on the topic of unconventional interpretations, I'd also like to state that I think that Creon is the real hero of Antigone.]
Say Goodbye To Evil Bankers? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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I second @Creon Levit's comments about Chris Kemp having the right motivations and (in my personal opinion) the right vision to help NASA move into the 21st century.
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But to say the Supreme Court is guilty, cause you think they are wrong bespeaks a hubris Creon would admire.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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We're very old school, Jocasta's brother, Creon (Jose Joaquin Perez), says at one point, referring to the barrio's belief system that accepts as gospel the premonitions of soothsayers, such as the blind Tiresias (Gerard Ender), who steals Oedipus away and raises him as his own in prison.
Theater review: 'Oedipus el Rey' at Woolly Mammoth Peter Marks 2011
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After she has borne him children, Jason betrays her and betroths himself to Glauce, the daughter of Creon, ruler of Corinth, to seek his own political power.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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After she has borne him children, Jason betrays her and betroths himself to Glauce, the daughter of Creon, ruler of Corinth, to seek his own political power.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Early in Sophocles's play Antigone, the anxious palace guard who must tell Creon that his orders have been disobeyed muses that no one likes the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bill Erickson Scientists Will Marshall, left, of USRA and Creon Levit of NASA present a prototype of a small satellite at BIL 2010 in Long Beach, Calif.
For BIL, Tagging Along With TED Proves to Be an Excellent Adventure Erica Orden 2011
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Unlike other pancreatic-enzyme replacement products, such as Solvay SA's Creon, liprotamase was developed without using enzymes taken from the pancreas of the pig.
FDA Questions Effectiveness of Proposed Pancreatic-Enzyme Drug Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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We're very old school, Jocasta's brother, Creon (Jose Joaquin Perez), says at one point, referring to the barrio's belief system that accepts as gospel the premonitions of soothsayers, such as the blind Tiresias (Gerard Ender), who steals Oedipus away and raises him as his own in prison.
Theater review: 'Oedipus el Rey' at Woolly Mammoth Peter Marks 2011
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