Ismene
| Ismene | |
|---|---|
Antigone and Ismene by Emil Teschendorff (1892). | |
| Abode | Thebes, Ancient Greece |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Oedipus Jocasta or Euryganeia |
| Siblings | Antigone Eteocles Polynices Oedipus |
| Consort | Theoclymenus |
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.