Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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]
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.
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 ...
Eteoclus participated in the war on Thebes by the Seven against Thebes, and was occasionally included on the list of the seven leaders. [1] In Euripides' Suppliant Women, Adrastus describes him as a young, poor yet dignified person who would reject luxurious gifts from friends and was highly honored by fellow Argives.
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.
But the blame for the flubbed oath fell on Obama's shoulders four years later, when in 2013 he failed to fully enunciate the word states as he said "Office of President of the United States."
In Greek mythology, Parthenopaeus or Parthenopaios (/ p ɑːr ˌ θ ɛ n ə ˈ p iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενοπαῖος, romanized: Parthenopaîos, lit. 'virgin woman's son') was one of the Seven against Thebes, a native of Arcadia, [1] described as young and outstandingly good-looking, [2] [3] but at the same time arrogant, ruthless and over-confident, [4] although an ...