[3]
Having mustered an army with seven leaders, Adrastus hastened to wage war on Thebes. The leaders were these1:
Adrastus, son of Talaus; Amphiaraus, son of Oicles; Capaneus, son of
Hipponous; Hippomedon, son of Aristomachus, but some say of Talaus. These came from
Argos; but Polynices, son of Oedipus, came
from Thebes; Tydeus, son of Oeneus, was an
Aetolian; Parthenopaeus, son of Melanion, was an Arcadian. Some, however, do not reckon
Tydeus and Polynices among them, but include Eteoclus, son of Iphis,2 and Mecisteus3 in the list of the seven.
This text is part of:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
1 For lists of the seven champions who marched against Thebes, see Aesch. Seven 375ff.; Soph. OC 1309ff.; Eur. Ph. 1090ff. and Eur. Supp. 857ff.; Diod. 4.65.7; Hyginus, Fab. 70.
2 The place of Eteocles among the Seven Champions is recognized by Aesch. Seven 458ff., Soph. OC 1316, and Euripides in one play (Eur. Supp. 871ff.), but not in another (Eur. Ph. 1090ff.); and he is omitted by Hyginus, Fab. 70. His right to rank among the Seven seems to have been acknowledged by the Argives themselves, since they included his portrait in a group of statuary representing the Champions which they dedicated at Delphi. See Paus. 10.10.3.
3 Brother of Adrastus. See Apollod. 1.9.13.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.