Oedipus ensued. At the end of the battle the brothers killed each other after which Jocasta's brother, Creon, took the throne. He decided that Polynices was a "traitor," and should not be given burial rites. Defying this edict, Antigone attempted to bury her brother. In Sophocles' "Antigone", Creon had her buried in a rock cavern for defying him, whereupon she hanged herself. However, in Euripides' lost version of the story, it appears that Antigone survives. Most writing on Oedipus comes from the 5th century BC, though the stories deal mostly with Oedipus' downfall. Various details appear on how Oedipus rose to
Hippodamia (wife of Autonous) Hippodamia (wife of Autonous) In Greek mythology, Hippodamia (/,hɪpoʊdəˈmaɪə/; also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια "she who masters horses" derived from "hippos" "horse" and "damazein" "to tame") was the wife of Autonous, son of Melaneus. She was the mother of Anthus, who was devoured by his father's horses and turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo. In fact all family members were turned into birds by the gods who felt pity for the family's fate. Hippodamia was turned into a lark. Her other children were Erodius, Schoeneus, Acanthus, and Acanthis. In Antoninus Liberalis, "Metamorphoses", Chapter 7 recounts the whole