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The Seven champions swearing an oath, illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians, by Alfred Church, 1879. [1]The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. [2]
The Oath of the Seven Chiefs, Greek Mythology. In Greek mythology, Hippomedon / h ɪ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ d ə n / (Ἰππομέδων, gen.: Ἰππομέδοντος) was one of the Seven against Thebes. [1] He lived near the lake Lerna in Peloponessus; [2] the foundations of his house on Mount Pontinus at Lerna were shown in Pausanias' times. [3]
Aeschylus: The tragic poet is mentioned briefly [34] as the source of a ferocious oath that Lysistrata proposes to her comrades, in which a shield is to be filled with blood; the oath is found in Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes. [35]
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]
Together, these champions were known as the Seven against Thebes. The expedition proved to be a complete disaster, however, as all seven of the Argive champions were killed in the ensuing battle, except for Adrastus, who escaped thanks to his horse Arion, who was the fastest of all of his brethren. Diomedes' father, Tydeus, was among those who ...
Tydeus was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea, Oeneus's second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus's daughter.He was the husband of Deipyle, the mother of Diomedes.. Tydeus was banished from Calydon by his uncle Agrius because he had killed either his brother or a different uncle or six of his cousins.
Sadie Sink is struggling to say goodbye.. While appearing on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, Jan. 30, the Stranger Things star, 22, opened up about the end of her time on the ...
The underlying theme in the story of the "Seven Against Thebes" is the fulfilment of that curse. [10] Although the brothers had agreed to share the rule of Thebes, when it is time for Eteocles to step aside he refuses, and Polynices brings an army against his beloved city to enforce his claim.