In
Greek mythology,
Menoeceus (;
Greek: Μενοικεύς
Menoikeús) was the father of
Creon,
Jocasta and Hipponome and both grandfather and father-in-law of
Oedipus. This Menoeceus was the Theban grandson of
Pentheus and a descendant of the
Spartoi. Another Menoeceus was the son of Creon, named after his grandfather. According to
Hyginus and
Statius, during the reign of
Oedipus when the Seven Against Thebes laid siege to the city,
Creon's son committed suicide by throwing himself from the walls after
Tiresias foretold that if anyone of the
Sparti should perish,
Thebes would be freed from disaster. The
Thebans were ultimately victorious. The battle is memorialized in
Seven Against Thebes, the play by
Aeschylus. Some records say that that Menoeceus was the grandfather of Creon and Jocasta and his son (Creon and Jocasta's father) was named Oscalus.
