- Gr****
writer Pausanias visited the site of
Menoeceus tomb in the 2nd
century AD and
recorded that
Menoeceus committed suicide "in
obedience to the oracle...
-
greatest tumults take
possession of the soul. — Epicurus, "Letter to
Menoeceus"
Epicureans had a very
specific understanding of what the
greatest pleasure...
- gen.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of
Creon and Eurydice, and thus
brother of
Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara,
Pyrrha and Henioche. The
various sources...
-
majority have been lost. Only
three letters written by him—the
letters to
Menoeceus, Pythocles, and Herodotus—and two
collections of quotes—the Prin****l...
-
grandson of the
goddess Harmonia. His
sister was
Epeiros and his son was
Menoeceus. Much of what is
known about the
character comes from the interpretation...
- Perieres, king of
Messenia and son of Aeolus. Perieres,
Theban charioteer of
Menoeceus (father of Creon). He was the one who
wounded Clymenus, king of Minyans...
- of Thebes.
Eurydice was
probably the
mother of Creon's five children:
Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon,
Megara and Pyrrha. She
appears briefly...
-
known as
Epicaste (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstiː/; Ἐπικάστη Epikástē), was a
daughter of
Menoeceus, a
descendant of the
Spartoi Echion, and
queen consort of Thebes. She...
- Hippodamia, or Laonome,
daughter of Guneus, or else Hipponome,
daughter of
Menoeceus.
Amphitryon was the
brother of
Anaxo (wife of Electryon), and Perimede...
-
natura and by the
ancient Gr****
philosopher Epicurus in his
Letter to
Menoeceus, in
which he writes:
Accustom yourself to
believing that
death is nothing...
