Antigone · Character
Eurydice
Creon's wife, who appears briefly and meets a tragic end offstage.
minor
First appearance: antigone
Eurydice's tie to Creon is one of the pressures that moves Antigone—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Creon (family): Eurydice is Creon's wife, and their relationship is strained by grief after the deaths of their son Haemon. With Haemon (family): Eurydice is Haemon's mother, and his death drives her to suicide,…
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Relationship types
- Family
Character groups
- Divine and mortal forces
- Protagonist
- Tragic family legacy
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- Creon
family · negative
Eurydice is Creon's wife, and their relationship is strained by grief after the deaths of… How this plays out →
- Haemon
family · positive
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