Ismene

[ is-mee-nee, -mey-, iz- ]

/ ɪsˈmi ni, -ˈmeɪ-, ɪz- /

a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.

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His two sisters, Antigone and Ismene, discuss the edict which forbids his burial.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
With a Thessalian hat of this kind Ismene appears in "Œdipus in Kolonos."
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
Old Minos is insanely in love with Ismene, who is so beautiful and virtuous.
Walter Pieterse|Multatuli
Ismene has no right to share it when the risks are past, the penalty is paid.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds

But the fair Ismene was not in the least disposed to listen to this grave and bigoted suitor.
The Emperor, Complete|Georg Ebers