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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > the Theban wars: the Seven against Thebes and the Epigoni > the Seven against Thebes: the first Theban war > sequel to the first Theban war > Creon, king of Thebes, forbids the burial of the enemies' corpses > Eurydice, wife of Creon, kills herself on hearing of Haemon's death

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94B1613Eurydice, wife of Creon, kills herself on hearing of Haemon's death  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • burial
  • classical antiquity
  • Creon (King)
  • cycle
  • epic
  • Eurydice (wife of Creon)
  • forbidding
  • Greek legend
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • king
  • legend
  • mythology
  • seven
  • suicide
  • Theban war
  • Thebes
  • war

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  • 94B1613

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