Saturday, December 06, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
CREDI, Corenzo Di-1459-1537.LEAST gifted of 3 artists who began a life as journeyman w/ verrocchio in florence. friend of da vinci + peragrino. no frescos. prolific. lots of madonnas.
CREON- greek fable, son of lycaethus, king of corinth + father of glauce, beloved by jason, whose fate he shared.
CREON- greek fable, son of menaecens, king of thebes after larus died. husband of l's daughter jocasta. thebes was then tremblingbefore the cruelty of the sphynx + creon offered his crown + daughter to whoever could solve the enigma posed by the monster. oedipus, son of laius, solved it + married jocasta, his mother. she had 2 sons, eteocles + polynices, who agreed to rule alternately, but E reniged. war waged, then single combat of brothers + both fell. creon, back on throne. blah blah antigone. haemon kills himself on antigone's grave blah blah.
