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The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. [ 2 ] They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus ' son Polynices to the Theban throne. Adrastus, although always the leader of the expedition against Thebes, was not always ...
- Aeschylus, Anthony Hecht, Helen H. Bacon
- 1908
In Greek mythology, Adrastus or Adrestus (Ancient Greek: Ἄδραστος or Ἄδρηστος), [ 1 ] (perhaps meaning "the inescapable"), [ 2 ] was a king of Argos, and leader of the Seven against Thebes. He was the son of the Argive king Talaus, but was forced out of Argos by his dynastic rival Amphiaraus.
Adrastus, the leader of the assailing army, assented, and the unholy combat began. Never was a more furious combat than that between the hostile brothers. Each was exasperated to bitter hatred of the other, and they fought with. a violence and desperation that could end only in the death of one of. the combatants.
When Eteocles refused to give up the throne, Adrastus mobilized an army, whose chieftains, in Aeschylus’s tragedy about the Seven, were Tydeus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Amphiaraus, and Polyneices. Other authors count Adrastus as one of the Seven and omit Hippomedon or Polyneices. During their assault on the city’s ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This commenced the war of the Seven Against Thebes, which ended in the demise of the attackers. Only Adrastus was saved thanks to the agility of his flying horse, Arion. Ten years later, Adrastus persuaded the sons of the fallen to attack Thebes again. This time, Amphiaraus was told by the gods that the attack would have a positive outcome.
3 days ago · Quick Reference. Myth, and play by Aeschylus. Oedipus' curse upon his sons Eteocles (‘True Glory’) and Polynices (‘Much Strife’) results in their dispute over the throne of Thebes and in Polynices calling upon his father‐in‐law Adrastus, king of Argos, and five other heroes. These seven heroes fight at, and match, the mythical seven ...
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The Athenians prided themselves on having helped the Argive king Adrastus to recover the bodies of his seven chieftains and their soldiers who had died in war against Thebes. The story was the sequel of the myth of the Seven against Thebes, which told of Adrastus’ failed campaign to settle the enmity between Oedipus’ sons, Eteocles and Polynices, and restore Polynices to the Theban throne.
