person
Creon of Corinth
Creon
King of Corinth and father of Creusa, who banishes Medea and is burned alive with his daughter by her poisoned gifts. A different figure from the Theban Creon.
Reading notes
- Medea §137 the fault is wholly Creon's
Creon, king of Corinth and father of Creusa, who has decreed Medea's banishment.
- Medea §740 on my husband's father-in-law
Creon of Corinth, on whom Medea wishes the heaviest underworld torment, that of Sisyphus.