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CREON

Volume 7 · 74 words · 1842 Edition

king of Corinth, was son of Sisyphus. He promised his daughter Glauce to Jason, who had repudiated Medea; but to revenge the success of her rival, Medea sent her as a present a gown covered with poison. Glauce put it on, and was seized with sudden pains; her body took fire, and she expired in the greatest torments. The house also was consumed by the fire, and Creon and his family shared Glauce's fate.