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Cre·on (krē′än′)

noun

Gr. Legend a king of Thebes who has his niece Antigone entombed alive because she defies him

Etymology: Gr Kreōn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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