Seven Against Thebes · Atlas

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The Seven Against Thebes1 mention

In addition to all these and many other noble deeds they refused to suffer the lawful rites of the departed to be treated with despite when Creon forbade the burial of the seven against Thebes.

the funeral speech ¶

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The Funeral SpeechClassical · Greek

The legendary expedition against Thebes whose fallen leaders' burial rites Creon forbade, an injustice the Athenians' ancestors refused to allow.

In addition to all these and many other noble deeds they refused to suffer the lawful rites of the departed to be treated with despite when Creon forbade the burial of the seven against Thebes.

the funeral speech ¶

PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

The collective term for the seven Argive leaders—Parthenopaeus, Amphiaraus, Hippomedon, Tydeus, Polyneices, Capaneus, and Adrastus—each assigned to one of Thebes's seven gates.

Adrastus was at the seventh gate;

heracles ¶

this device his shield bore upon its iron back:

phoenissae ¶

Your own Polyneices led the battle against the Fountain gate;

phoenissae ¶

Oedipus at ColonusClassical · Greek

Argive coalition of seven leaders and armies assembled by Polyneices for the campaign against Thebes.

I will not report ill-tidings;

oedipus at colonus ¶

But who will dare follow you, when he hears what prophecies this man has uttered?

oedipus at colonus ¶

while Capaneus, the fifth, boasts that he will burn Thebes to the ground with fire;

oedipus at colonus ¶