Antigone was
descended on both
sides of her family
from Cadmus, who
founded Thebes
around 2000 B.C.E*.
She was the
daughter of Theban
King Oedipus, who
albeit unknowingly
killed his own father
and married his own
mother.
Antigone was the
granddaughter of
Theban King Laius
and Theban Queen
Jocasta, who also was
her mother. Jocasta was the daughter of Menoeceus, and the granddaughter of Theban King
Pentheus. Jocasta was the great granddaughter of Theban Princess Agave and Echion, who
sprang up from Cadmus' sowing of the dragon's teeth. Jocasta was the great great granddaughter
of Cadmus.
Antigone was the great granddaughter of Theban King Labdacus, and the great great
granddaughter of Theban King Polydorus and Theban Queen Nycteis. Nycteis was the
daughter of Theban King Nycteus, and the granddaughter of Hyrieus and the nymph Clonia. She
was the great granddaughter of Poseidon the Sea God and Alkyone, who was one of the Pleiades
[the Seven Sisters].
Antigone was the great great great granddaughter of Theban King Cadmus and Theban
Queen Harmonia. Harmonia was the daughter of either Zeus the Chief God and Elektra; or of
Aphrodite the Love Goddess and Aries the War God or Hephaestus the Blacksmith God.
Antigone was the great great great great granddaughter of King Agenor of Tyre, Phoenicia
and Queen Telephassa. Telephassa was the daughter of Nilus, the granddaughter of the siblings
Oceanus and Tethys, and the great granddaughter of Uranus and Gaia.
Antigone was the great great great great great granddaughter of Poseidon the Sea God and
Libya. Libya was the daughter of Egyptian King Epaphus and Nilus' daughter Memphis. She was
the granddaughter of Zeus and Io, who was the daughter of Nilus' brother Inachus and of Melia.
Antigone was the great great great great great great granddaughter of the siblings Cronus
and Rhea, and the great great great great great great great granddaughter of Uranus and
Gaia, who were the world's first parents.