3. A son of Creon of Thebes, perished, according to some accounts, by the sphinx. (ad Eurip. Phoen. 1760.)
But, according to other traditions, he survived the war of the Seven against Thebes, and he is
said to have been in love with Antigone, and to have made away with himself on hearing that
she was condemned by his father to be entombed alive. (Soph. Antig. 627,
&c.;