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{{Short description|Mythical character}}
{{about|the son of Creon|other mythological figures of this name|Haemon (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Füssli - Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone, 1800.jpg|thumb|''Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone'' by Henry Fuseli, 1800 gray-brown wash over graphite.]]

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Haemon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|iː|m|ɒ|n}}; {{langx|grc|Αἵμων|Haímōn|bloody}}; ''gen''.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of [[Creon of Thebes|Creon]] and [[Eurydice of Thebes|Eurydice]], and thus brother of [[Menoeceus]] ([[Megareus of Thebes|Megareus]]), [[Lycomedes (son of Creon)|Lycomedes]], [[Megara (mythology)|Megara]], [[Pyrrha (mythology)|Pyrrha]] and [[Henioche]]. The various sources of his myth present differing and contradictory versions of his story.
 
== Mythology ==
In the version of the myth recorded by [[Apollodorus]] and in the [[Oedipodea]], Haemon was killed by the [[Sphinx]]. In [[Sophocles]]' ''[[Antigone (Sophocles)|Antigone]]'', Haemon was the fiancé of Antigone and killed himself after her death. In [[Euripides]]' ''[[Antigone (Euripides)|Antigone]]'', Haemon marries Antigone and they have a son, [[Maeon]]; in his ''[[Phoenician Women]]'' Antigone declares that she will kill Haemon and the engagement is broken. In a version of the myth recorded by [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], Haemon and Antigone have a son but he is murdered by Creon, following which Haemon kills both Antigone and himself.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|chapter=Haemon (5): Beloved of Antigone|title=Brill's New Pauly|year=2006|last=Dräger|first=Paul}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Epigoni]]

==References==
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[[Category:Suicides in Greek mythology]]
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