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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
It is the subject not only of the lost epic the Thebaid and of Aeschylus’s tragedy Seven Against Thebes but also of Euripides’ play Phoenician Women. Seven Against Thebes, in Greek mythology, the seven champions who were killed fighting against Thebes after the fall of Oedipus, the king of that city. The twins Eteocles and Polyneices, who ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
These were Tydeus, Capaneus, Adrastus, Hippomedon, Parthenopeus, Amphiaraus, and Polynices himself. During the battle, they were confronted at the seven gates of Thebes by an equal number of defenders, whose names were Melanippus, Polyphontes, Megareus, Hyperbius, Actor, Lasthenes and Eteocles. Just before Eteocles confronted his brother at the ...
The Seven Against Thebes was the famous war between the Argive army led by seven champions and the city of Thebes. The war was set after the reign of Oedipus in Thebes, and a generation before the Trojan War. The tales were popular in the time of classical Greeks period. Paintings and sculptures of this event were also favourite subjects of the ...
May 25, 2018 · Seven Against Thebes. Carole Raddato (CC BY-SA) Seven Against Thebes is the third part of a trilogy written by one of the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Aeschylus in 467 BCE, winning first prize in competition at Dionysia. Unfortunately, only fragments of the first two plays, Laius and Oedipus and the accompanying satyr drama Sphinx remain.
- Donald L. Wasson
the powerful aid of the god of war. Long and strenuous was the contest that succeeded, each of the heroes. fiercely attacking the gate adjudged to him. But the gods were on the. side of the Thebans and every assault proved in vain. Parthenopaeus, one. of the seven, was killed by a stone, and another, Capaneus, while.
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Aug 8, 1999 · The article explores the tale of the Seven Argive champions led by Adrastus in the battle against Thebes, detailing each hero's fate and the Theban defenders they faced. While Capaneus fell to Zeus's thunderbolt, Amphiarüs met his end as the earth swallowed him upon divine intervention.
