Creon of Corinth Creon of Corinth In Greek mythology, Creon (; Ancient Greek: Κρέων "Kreōn" means "ruler"), son of Lycaethus, was a king of Corinth and father of Hippotes and Creusa or Glauce, whom Jason would marry if not for the intervention of Medea. According to a lost play by Euripides summarized in the "Bibliotheca", Alcmaeon entrusted to Creon's care his two children by the captive seeress Manto—a son Amphilochus and a daughter Tisiphone. The latter grew up to be so pretty that Creon's wife sold her away as a slave, fearing that Creon might abandon her in favor of the maiden. Tisiphone
Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) In Greek mythology, Hippodamia (; , "she who masters horses" derived from "hippos" "horse" and "damazein" "to tame"; was the daughter of Atrax or Butes or Adrastus and the bride of King Pirithous of the Lapiths. She was also known as Deidamia (; Ancient Greek: ), Laodamia , Hippoboteia , Dia or Ischomache ). At their wedding, Hippodamia, the other female guests, and the young boys were almost abducted by the Centaurs. Pirithous and his friend, Theseus, led the Lapiths to victory over the Centaurs in a battle known as the Centauromachy. With Pirithous, she mothered