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