Ismene

In Greek mythology, Ismene (/ɪsˈmiːniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμήνη, romanized: Ismḗnē) is a Theban princess. She is the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, king of Thebes, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices. She appears in several tragic plays of Sophocles: at the end of Oedipus Rex, in Oedipus at Colonus and in Antigone. She also appears at the end of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes.

This article is about the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus. For other uses, see Ismene (disambiguation).
Ismene
Antigone and Ismene by Emil Teschendorff (1892).
AbodeThebes, Ancient Greece
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ParentsOedipus
Jocasta or Euryganeia
SiblingsAntigone
Eteocles
Polynices
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