# Creon — Antigone character guide

> Creon in Antigone by Sophocles.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Teiresias Creon, Creon Elders, Creon Woman, Creon Living, Creon Strophe, Exit Creon

**First appearance:** 0001-antigone

## Who they are

The king of Thebes, rigid in his laws, who forbids the burial of Polyneices.

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