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Seven Against Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas; Latin: Septem contra Thebas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. [2]
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 counted ...
After which, Adrastus was a leader of the disastrous ill-omened expedition of the Seven against Thebes: and later they led an army of men to seven-gated Thebes on a journey with no favorable omens, and Cronus’ son brandished his lightning and urged them not to set out recklessly from home, but to forgo the expedition.
Mecisteus participated in the attack on the city of Thebes with the Seven against Thebes, along with his brother Adrastus.In Aeschylus' tragedy Seven Against Thebes, Mecisteus is not among the seven champions who attack the seven gates of Thebes.
Amphiaraus on his chariot. Amphiaraus or Amphiaraos (/ ˌ æ m f i ə ˈ r eɪ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιάραος, Ἀμφιάρεως, "very sacred" [1]) was in Greek mythology the son of Oicles, a seer, and one of the leaders of the Seven against Thebes.
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Alcmaeon killing his mother Eriphyle. In Greek mythology, Alcmaeon (/ ˌ æ l k ˈ m iː ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμαίων Alkmaíōn), as one of the Epigoni, was the leader of the Argives who attacked Thebes, taking the city in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven against Thebes, who died while attempting the same thing.
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