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"Cowland"
Area in Greece to the Northwest of Attic; its principal city of Thebes is richly productive in myth. |
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"Sown-men"
So-called because they sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; reputed ancestors of important aristocratic clans in Thebes. |
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Mother by Zeus of Amphion and Sethus; pursued by Nycteus her father, Lycus, her uncle |
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One of Antiope's twin sons; ruled in Thebes with his brother, Zethus; unlike Zethus, he was devoted to music. |
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One of Antipe's twin sons; ruled in Thebes with his brother, Zmphion; unlike Amphion, he was a man of ranching and practical affairs. |
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Wife of Lycus; tormented Antiope, mother of Amphion and Zethus, until she herself was put to death by the twins. |
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| Son of Labdacus and father of Oedipus; tried to avert the prophecy that he would be killed by his son, but in so trying, fulfilled it |
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Wife of Laius and father of Oedipus; killed herself when she learned truth of what has happened (she married her own son); called Epicaste by Homer |
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King of Argos, and sole survivor of an Argive expedition against Thebes to put Polynices on the throne. |
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| Exile from Calydon and one of the seven leaders against Thebes; was nearly made immortal by Athena, but Amphiaraus thwarted it |
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Brother of Eteocles and son of Oedipus; died during the Argive expedition against Thebes to force his brother out. |
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| Prophet and one of the Argive leaders against Thebes; took part even though he knew he would die. |
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Song of Creon; Supported Antigone's case against his father; killed himself when he realized she was dead. |
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| The sons of the seven Argive "Seven Against Thebes"; successfully attacked Thebes and ousted the king Laodamas. |
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A daughter of Oedipus; defiled Creon's order that the body of her brother Polynices remain unburied. |
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Wife of Amphiaraus, who orders him to participate in the Seven Against Thebes campaign. |
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One of Oedipus's sons; defended Thebes against a coalition of Kings led by his brother, Polynices. |
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Daughter of Oedipus; is reluctant to help her sister, Antigone, to defy Creons order and bury their brother, Polynices. |
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"Swollen-foot"
Son of Laius and Jocasta; raised in Corinth, he retuns to Thebes where he unknowingly fulfills the prophecy that he will kills his father and marry his mother. |
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