An Analysis of Creon Sophocles, an Athenian politician and dramatist, born in 496 B.C., wrote Antigone and Oedipus the King. Both dramas include Creon as a character and involve the same royal family. Although Antigone was written before Oedipus the King, the generations involved in Oedipus the King precede the ones in Antigone. In Oedipus the King, Creon is a lesser character who plays the brother of Jocosta and is the brother-in-law to Oedipus. He claims to be comfortable to share ... one third of Thebe's riches with Oedipus and Iocaste, and he ... ...

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