# Creon — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Creon in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** O Creon, Creon Friends, Creon Yea, The trusty Creon, Creon The riddling Sphinx

**First appearance:** 0001-dramatis-personae

## Who they are

Brother of Jocasta, trusted advisor to Oedipus, later becomes king.

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