Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes
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The Siege of Thebes: Secunda Pars | Robbins Library Digital Projects  THE SIEGE OF THEBES: FOOTNOTE. 1 Wearing ...... 4345-48 In Statius, Adrastus is the only hero to survive the assault on Thebes. Lydgate ...... But al only of fre eleccioun. To holde ... Be grace only the cit hath atteyned, .... And first fro hem her swerdes both he took, ..... Of the wordes that Tydeus hath said, ..... whole group
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Seven Against Thebes - Wikipedia  Seven Against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in ... Others appear as stock figures to fill out the list," Burkert remarks. ... Either way, all nine men were present (and killed) in the battle, save Adrastus. ... and Oedipus, and of its satyr play The Sphinx, few fragments have survived.
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Theseus - Wikipedia  Theseus was the mythical king of Athens and was the son of Aethra by two fathers: Aegeus and Poseidon. Theseus was a founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles (Hercules), ... Plutarch's sources, not all of whose texts have survived independently, included Pherecydes (mid-fifth century BC), Demon (c. 400 BC)...
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jeopardy/1076_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Wrong: Value: $1600. Number: 9. PICK A NUMBER FROM 1-10 | Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes | 7.
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ADRASTUS, Greek Mythology Index  When Polybus died without heirs, Adrastus succeeded him on the throne of Sicyon, and during his reign he is said to have instituted the Nemean games. ... Instead of Tydeus and Polynices other legends mention Eteoclos and Mecisteus. ... against Thebes; he took the city and delivered up the bodies of the fallen heroes to...
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PERSEUS - Argive Hero & King of Greek Mythology  Perseus was one of the most celebrated heroes of Greek mythology. ... Perseus, Athena and head of Medusa | Apulian red-figure krater C4th B.C. | .... through the mirror, for a look at the monster herself would have changed him into stone. ..... "The Greeks recount these kings of the Dorians as far back as Perseus son of...
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Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus - Ancient Greece - Classical ...  Seven Against Thebes tells how, when the shamed Oedipus stepped down as king of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices ... to attack and lay seige to his own home city of Thebes in order to claim the throne. ... of the killed men, Antigone and Ismene, who alone are left of the royal house.
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Seven Against Thebes - Timeless Myths  Dec 6, 2008 ... Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni are stories about the wars between ... One has a lion depicted on his shield, while the other shield had a wild boar. ... he knew the expedition was doomed to fail and only Adrastus would survive the war. ... Eteocles sent fifty men to ambush Tydeus outside the city, but...
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Titans & Titanesses | Theoi Greek Mythology  The most important of the Titan gods were the twelve Uranides (Cronus, ... They were responsible for the original ordering of time and the establishment of fixed ... After the fall of the Titans Asteria was pursued by Zeus and but leapt into the sea to ... He led his brothers in the ambush and castration of their father Uranus, but...
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Who was Ajax? - The Iliad - Quatr.us  Ajax carrying the dead Achilles ... Homer says he was a very big and strong man. ... Ajax kills himself (Vase by Exekias, ca. ... When the Greeks decided to give the armor to Odysseus instead, Ajax went crazy and killed a whole flock of sheep, ... The Iliad of Homer (Oxford Myths and Legends), by Barbara Leonie Picard.
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Oedipus - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, Greek, god, story, names ...  Oedipus was a tragic hero of Greek mythology, a king doomed to a dire fate because ... Once he had set foot on that path, his best qualities could not save him from the ... The story begins with a son born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes*. ... Eventually he was driven into exile, accompanied by his two daughters,...
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H - Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools  This was Charon, the son of Erebos and of Nyx, a gloomy, sullen old man, ... He is friendly to the spirits who enter, but if anyone tries to got out he seizes him ..... Briareus was summoned to the aid of Zeus by Thetis, when Hera, Poseidon, ...... of the shield of Heracles, wrought by Hephaestus, to arm the hero in his conflict...
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Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 6 - Perseus Digital Library  And Tydeus married Deipyle, and Polynices married Argia; and Adrastus ... Amphiaraus, son of Oicles; Capaneus, son of Hipponous; Hippomedon, son of ... do not reckon Tydeus and Polynices among them, but include Eteoclus, son of Iphis, ..... of two extant Greek tragedies, the Seven against Thebes of Aeschylus, and the...
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Chapter 19  To recover her and vindicate Menelas, the Achaeans (Mycenaean Greeks) raised an ... HECTOR [hek'tor] was the leading Trojan warrior, inferior only to Achilles, who .... or ACHILLEUS, son of Peleus and Thetis and leader of the Myrmidons.
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Oedipus - Wikipedia  Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus ... Continuing his journey to Thebes, Oedipus encountered a Sphinx, who .... Laius, meanwhile, ventures out to find a solution to the Sphinx's riddle.
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LacusCurtius  Strabo's Geography  Book VII Chapter 7  Oct 27, 2012 ... According to Pindar,394 there was a time when the Boeotian tribe was called "Syes. ... is held by the barbarians  Macedonia and certain parts of Thessaly by the ... of the peoples of the Leleges, whom once Zeus the son of Cronus, who .... who are situated above them and border on the Illyrian mountains,...
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The Seven Against Thebes - Notebook  Grounds for the expedition was the violation of the agreement between Eteocles ... the expedition against Thebes was commanded by Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, ... posting himself with his troops at one of each of the seven gates of the city. ... As regards the "Thebaid", it should be added that only fragments have survived,...
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Oedipus | Greek mythology | Britannica.com  Feb 8, 2016 ... In Greek mythology, the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. ... Oedipus apparently continued to rule at Thebes until his death. ... king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay him. ... after blinding himself, went into exile, accompanied by Antigone and...
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Greek Mythology - The Nemean Lion - Sigma Publications  It had the strength of ten ordinary lions and its hide was so tough that neither arrow, lance nor the keenest sword could pierce it. ... Zeus himself, and the equally fearsome Echidna, half woman and half snake. ... There is no killing this beast  and even if you had all the gods of Olympus at your side you would not return alive.
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Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Jason - Mythweb  Heroic leader of the Argonauts, a team of heroes who journeyed from Greece to ... For Jason's uncle, the usurper king, had honored all the gods but Hera. .... Quite conveniently for Jason, Medea was a famous sorceress, magic potions being...
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Heroes in the Trojan War - Timeless Myths  Sep 4, 2008 ... Heroes II included references to Odysseus, Achilles and Hector. ... swiftest, the strongest and the bravest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War. ... Odysseus () was the hero of the epic poem, called The Odyssey. .... Together with Nestor, he pursued Hector and would have killed him, had not...