Oedipus the blind prophet Tiresias, expressed their disapproval of Creon's decision, which convinced him to rescind his order, and he went to bury Polynices himself. However, Antigone had already hanged herself in her tomb, rather than suffering the slow death of being buried alive. When Creon arrived at the tomb where she had been interred, his son Haemon attacked him upon seeing the body of his deceased fiancée, but failing to kill Creon he killed himself. When Creon's wife, Eurydice, was informed of the death of Haemon, she too took her own life. In the beginning of Euripides' "Phoenissae", Jocasta recalls
Megareus of Thebes play "Antigone". His mother, Eurydice of Thebes, kills herself after learning that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, had both committed suicide. She thrusts a sword into her heart and curses Creon for the death of her two sons: Haemon and Megareus. He is also called Menoeceus in some versions of "Antigone". Megareus of Thebes In Greek mythology, Megareus (Ancient Greek: Μεγαρέα) or Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) was a warrior of Thebes, who figures in the war of the "Seven Against Thebes" - the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, the twin sons of Oedipus, for the throne of Thebes. He was