Creonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Creone
• Kreon

語源

From Ancient Greek Κρέων (Kréōn).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɹiː.ɒn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɹiˌɑn/
• 韻: -iːɒn

固有名詞

Creon

1. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.
   • 1980, R. P. Winnington-Ingram, Sophocles: An Interpretation, →ISBN, page 126:

     It has often been observed that Creon imputes corrupt motives (here and to Teiresias), because this was a level of motivation within his comprehension.

   • 2003, Theodore Ziolkowski, The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises, →ISBN, page 152:

     Above all -- and this is of central importance in connection with the legal implications -- it is essential to understand that Creon must emerge as an appropriate counterweight to the obsessive energy of Antigone: that "Antigone's fate provides the foil for Creon and, in turn, Creon's fate becomes evident only against the background of Antigone's desitiny.

   • 2011, Regina Higgins, Charles Higgins, Cliffs Notes on Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, →ISBN, page 81:

     Perhaps more than any other figure in the Oedipus Trilogy, Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law, seems to be a very different character in each of the plays.

アナグラム

• oncer, Oncer, Coren, Crone, coner, necro-, necro, Ceron, crone, recon

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkre.oːn/, [ˈkreoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkre.on/, [ˈkrɛːon]

固有名詞

Creōn m sg (genitive Creōnis); third declension

1. A mountain of Lesbos

語形変化

Third-declension noun, singular only.

参照

• Creon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.