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When they came to Cithaeron, they sent Tydeus to tell Eteocles in advance that he must
cede the kingdom to Polynices, as they had agreed among themselves. As Eteocles paid no
heed to the message, Tydeus, by way of putting the Thebans to the proof,
challenged them to single combat and was victorious in every encounter; and though the
Thebans set fifty armed men to lie in wait for him as he went away, he slew them all but
Maeon, and then came to the camp.1
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1 For the embassy of Tydeus to Thebes and its sequel, see Hom. Il. 4.382-398; Hom. Il. 5.802-808, with the Scholiast on Hom. Il. 4.376; Diod. 4.65.4; Statius, Theb. ii.307ff.
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