Creon (Κρέων) (Kreōn) was known as a king of Thebes (Θῆβαι) (Thêbai) in Greek myths and legends. His father was Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) (Menoikeús).
Creon and Oedipus (Οἰδίπους) (Oidípous) were relatives.
Eurydice (Εὐρυδίκη) (Eὐrudíkē) was his wife. They had several children.
When Amphitryon (Ἀμφιτρύων) (Amphitruo) freed Cadmea (Καδμεία) (Kadmía) from the Teumessian fox (ἀλώπηξ Τευμησσοῦ) (Teumessian vixen), Creon helped him.
Creon was killed.
"They are two sisters: one gives birth to other, who in turn gives birth to the first. Who are the two sisters?" the Sphinx asked Oedipus.
"These two sisters are day (ἡμέρα) and night (νύξ)." Oedipus answered.
The Sphinx had this riddle, too.
After that, she killed herself.
The creature Sphinx (Σφίγξ) guarded Thebes (Θῆβαι), the Greek city. Typhon (Τυφῶν) and Chimera (Χίμαιρα) were her parents. Hera (Ἥρα) or Ares (Ἄρης) sent her in this place. The Sphinx had her own riddle. It sounds like this:
"Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"
She killed who couldn't answer this question.
Oedipus (Οἰδίπους) solved the riddle of Sphinx.
"Person-who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick during old age," he answered.
Afterwards, the creature killed herself.
Later Oedipus became the king of Thebes.
This riddle is popular in culture and art.
