Siege of Thebes
“Seven Against Thebes”
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
siege of Thebes · the coming battle · the siege
in the texts
Phoenissae
The impending siege of Thebes by the seven Argive captains and their army, prepared for across the closing scenes of the window.
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The Histories
The Greeks march on Thebes after burying their dead, besiege and ravage the city for nineteen days demanding the Medizing leaders' surrender, until Timagenidas persuades the Thebans to offer terms.
They came with this purpose on the eleventh day after the battle and laid siege to the Thebans, demanding the surrender of the men.
” This seemed to be said well and at the right time, and the Thebans immediately sent a herald to Pausanias, offering to surrender the men.
“Men of Thebes, since the Greeks have resolved that they will not raise the siege till Thebes is taken or we are delivered to them, do not let the land of Boeotia increase the measure of its ills for our sake.