SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

in Greek legend, seven heroes—Polynices, Adrastus, Amphiaraüs, Hippomedon, Capaneus, Tydeus, and Parthenopaeus—who made war on Eteocles, king of Thebes. After the banishment of Oedipus, his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, agreed to reign alternately. When after the first year Eteocles refused to relinquish the throne, Polynices, assisted by Adrastus, king of Argos, organized the expedition known as the Seven against Thebes. All were killed except Adrastus. When Creon, Eteocles' uncle and successor to the throne of Thebes, would not permit the burial of the slain, Theseus marched against Thebes and gave them burial. Euripides' Phoenician Women and Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes are based on this legend.

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The 'Seven against Thebes' of Aeschylus
Book by A. W. Verrall; Macmillan, 1887
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
...that it was an evil day for Thebes when Cadmus came there 2 , it...acropolis to the lower city of Thebes 3 . This city was built and...built the seat of Thebe with seven gates, and walled it; for...may accept the tradition that Thebes, like other towns, grew by...
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Thebaid
Book by Statius, A. D. Melville; Clarendon Press, 1992
Subjects: Seven Against Thebes (Greek Mythology)--Poetry
...The Argives circle the pyre in seven troops, each headed by one of their seven princes. Within nine days a...appeals to Jupiter on behalf of Thebes. A messenger tells Eteocles...Antigone the contingents of Thebes allies assembling below the...
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Septem Contra Thebas
Book by G. O. Hutchinson; Oxford University Press, 1985
Subjects: Seven Against Thebes (Greek Mythology)--Drama
...individuality of the Seven. 412...Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. It does not seem that...Vian, Les Origines de Thebes 1963 , 158ff. 413...with one alone of the Seven. Herodotus says that...But the people of Thebes should not in this context...
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Thebaid IX
Book by Michael Dewar, P. Papinius Statius; Oxford University, 1991
Subjects: Epic Poetry, Latin--Translations Into English, Seven Against Thebes (Greek Mythology)--Poetry
...century. 80 In it the tale of Thebes becomes a full-blown psychomachia. Thebes is the human soul, defiled...Creon of excessive pride, the seven princes of the liberal arts...and liberates the human soul Thebes . It was no doubt partly because...
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Before the Knight's Tale: Imitation of Classical Epic in Boccaccio's Teseida
Book by David Anderson; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988
Subjects: Boccaccio, Giovanni--1313-1375--Teseida, Chaucer, Geoffrey--D. 1400--Knight's Tale--Sources, Epic Poetry--Classical Influences, Imitation In Literature, Poetry, Medieval--Classical Influences, Seven Against Thebes (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Statius, P. Papinius--(Publius Papinius)--Thebais
...leaders during the siege of Thebes. The paralleling of victories...his favored servants competing against one another, and comes quickly...driving the same chariot: "Thebes is near, and the abyss" 6...role as the only one of the seven leaders who will return from...
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Who Built the Seven Gates of Thebes? a Call to Personalize Social Studies
Journal article by Hyman Kavett; Social Studies, Vol. 81, 1990
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...an up-to-date assessment of the political situation in the 1930s-40s, and exposes Stalins totalitarianism and crimes against the Soviet people. The textbook reviews World War II from a new angle and highlights not only victories but also Soviet defeats...
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The Boston Public Library Manuscript of John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes: Its Scottish Owners and Inscriptions
Journal article by Priscilla J. Bawcutt; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Manuscripts, English (Middle)--History, Poetry, Medieval--History
...Annys of the Sege of Thebes. When he hath doon...copy of The Siege of Thebes, it should not be...wrangful spoliacioun against James, Earl of Buchan...he took an action against Margaret his mother...John Swinton spent seven years in the service...manuscript of The Siege of Thebes, but both surviving...
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Tragic Life-journeys and Real-life Journeys: the Place Where Three Ways Meet.*
Journal article by Oliver Taplin; Antichthon, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Roads & highways, Weddings
...80 kms by road. In some periods Thebes and Athens were allies, but through...territory. Athens even conquered Thebes for some ten years in the mid century...men to be courageous. Take my Seven against Thebes , he says, every man who watched...
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Homer for the Court of Francois I
Journal article by Marian Rothstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Greek literature--Translations and translating, Homer (Greek poet)--Works, Translations--Analysis, Translations--History
...Thebe. (33) The earlier Achaean conquest of Thebes (during the war of the Seven Against Thebes) does appear in the French and is noted in the margin, "Thebes has seven gates," perhaps because this fact provided...
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Did Oedipus Have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder?
Journal article by Ernest L. Abel; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 46, 2005
Subjects: Drunkenness, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Literary criticism, Mythology, Sophocles (496?-06 BC)
...In gratitude, the people of Thebes, who have learned that Laius is...and the blight disappears from Thebes. While Sophocles gives no explanation...prophecy about Oedipus destiny, in Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus indicates that he is...
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'An Army of Lovers:' the Sacred Band of Thebes
Magazine article by Louis Crompton; History Today, Vol. 44, November 1994
Subjects: Gay military personnel--History, Greece--History, Homosexuality--History
...end after twenty-seven wearisome years with...Among these was Thebes where, in 382...military reality about seven years after its writing...twenty miles west of Thebes, was particularly...Band, laid out in seven rows. Philip had...lessons to smash Thebes. He did not long...
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Hip-Hop Visions of an Ancient World: Will Power and Company Turn Aeschylus Every Way but Loose
Magazine article by Charles L. Mee, Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 23, March 2006
Subjects: Aeschylus--Works, Dramatists--Interviews, Playwrights--Interviews, Power, Will--Interviews, Stage adaptations
...Powers reworking of Aeschyluss Seven Against Thebes, runs at New York Theatre...say just what the story is? Seven Against Thebes concerns itself with the sons...forefathers. The reason its called Seven Against Thebes is that once the two brothers...
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Death & Politics
Magazine article by Joseph Bottum; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2007
Subjects: Burial laws--Analysis, Cemeteries--Facility closures, Death--Analysis, Mourning customs--Analysis, Politics--Analysis, San Francisco, California--Domestic policy, San Francisco, California--History
...think of all the myths surrounding Thebes. The Greek tragedians were uniformly...reason. The mythological history of Thebes overflows with stories relating...after the failed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. Herodotus version of the Theban...
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May/June on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 21, May-June 2004
Subjects: Drama festivals--Calendars, Theater--Calendars
...0279, www.plowshares.org Seven Guitars, August Wilson; dir...Michael Sirotta. May 6-Jun 13. Seven Against Thebes, dir and music: Ellen Stewart...Jun 28-Sep 4. Mornings at Seven, Paul Osborn. Jun 29-Sep 3...
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Tha Playz Tha Thang: A New York City Festival Confirms That Hip-Hop Is a Theatre Genre to Contend With
Magazine article by Kim Euell; American Theatre, Vol. 19, September 2002
Subjects: Drama festivals--Management, Musical theater--Innovations
...inspiration from ancient Kemetic culture. * The Seven, Will Powers hip-hop adaptation of The Seven Against Thebes, was the most theatrically engaging of...Thick Description Theatre Company, The Seven won Bay Area Critics Circle awards for...
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Seven Wonders of London
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 14, 2007
...order: above, one of Raphaels seven Tapestry Cartoons in the V A...suggest voyages of exploration to seven wonders ofart too often overlooked...and observe the tone, warm against cool, and thecolour, restricted...was a cruel Queen ofancient Thebes whom two bastard sons of Zeus...
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Raw 'Throat' Reveals Iraq Veterans' Trauma Dialogue Bruised, Energetic
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 10, 2006
...not be the most groundbreaking work out there, as it traffics in cliches we have seen in every war drama since "Seven Against Thebes." You can see its central plot twist coming from miles away. The play also contains serendipitous, quasimystical...
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The Prize Crossword
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 5, 2010
...5) 3 Variety of cabbage with a large edible head of crowded white flowers (11) 5 Greek tragedian, author of Seven Against Thebes (9) 6 The Silver - - -, one of C.S. Lewiss Narnia books (5) 7 Person born in Douglas, perhaps (7) 9...
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BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR PITMEN'S; but Have Sneaky Ew on Mischief
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 27, 2009
...than 8-11 to victory. Seven of the last ten winners...rival he is competing against are a big problem. A...between tough character Thebes and Van Bossed who flashed...last week. Seeing as Thebes is better on sand and...Ones and Twos and on the seven occasions he has run...
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THE GREATEST WARRIORS EVER; with a Ruthlessness Worthy of the Nazis, the Spartans Were Trained to Kill from Birth. but as a New Film Shows, Their Savagery Went Hand in Hand with Unfettered Licentiousness ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 10, 2007
...mothers at the age of seven and inducted into a compulsory...Between the ages of seven and 18, young Spartans...more sons and no laws against adultery. Marriage ceremonies...general from neighbouring Thebes then defeated the Spartans...when the helots rose up against their masters, Spartas...
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1.
Seven Against Thebes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES in Greek legend, seven heroes Polynices...organized the expedition known as the Seven against Thebes. All were killed except Adrastus...Euripides Phoenician Women and Aeschylus Seven against Thebes are based on this legend...
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Thebes , City of Ancient Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
THEBES , city of ancient Greece chief city of...It was originally a Mycenaean city. Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus ; the Seven against Thebes ; Epigoni ). Sometime before 1000 b...
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Oedipus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pair. When a plague descended on Thebes, an oracle declared that the only...Oedipus continued to reign over Thebes until he was killed in battle...sons battled for the throne (see Seven against Thebes ). In Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus...
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Epigoni
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...EPIGONI epig ni, in Greek legend, the sons of the Seven against Thebes , who avenged the death of their fathers. Under...Adrastus and Alcmaeon, the Epigoni conquered Thebes 10 years after the Seven had fought alongside Polynices for the throne...
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Adrastus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...king of Argos. He organized the ill-fated Seven against Thebes expedition and was the only survivor. Ten...he successfully assisted the sons of the Seven, the Epigoni , in their attack on Thebes...
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