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
Acarnan (son of Alcmaeon) Acarnan (son of Alcmaeon) In Greek mythology, Acarnan (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνάν; "genitive" Ἀκαρνᾶνος derived from ἀκαρνάν "akarnan" "laurel") was son of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe, and brother of Amphoterus. Alcmaeon was murdered by Phegeus (or, in some sources, his sons Agenor and Pronous), when they were yet very young, and Calirrhoe prayed to Zeus to make her sons grow quickly, that they might be able to avenge the death of their father. The prayer was granted, and Acarnan with his brother slew Phegeus, his wife, and his two sons. The inhabitants of Psophis, where the sons had been slain, pursued the