Kreon
Americannoun
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A few years ago, a friend went to an academic conference and saw a reading of Anne Carson’s adaptation of “Antigone,” with the celebrated academic Judith Butler as the Theban king Kreon.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020
Though no love was lost between her and her brother, Antigone ignores the king’s edict and performs the sacred rite over Polyneikes, enraging Kreon and planting the seeds of her own demise.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015
He pares the role of King Kreon, played by Martin Turner, who as a result gives in a bit too easily to Medea's plea to stay an extra day before being banished from Corinth.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2014
However, the cast – Roman Trekel as the poet Diomedes, John Tomlinson as Kreon, and especially Deborah Polaski as Sappho – do their best to bring it all to life.
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2012
So thither she sped with him in her dragon chariot, which bore them to the house of King Kreon.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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