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Antigone's brothers , Eteocles and Polyneices , killed each other in the war of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES , in which the banished Polyneices tried to regain his right to the throne . Creon decreed , perhaps on Eteocles ' dying orders ...
Antigone's brothers , Eteocles and Polyneices , killed each other in the war of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES , in which the banished Polyneices tried to regain his right to the throne . Creon decreed , perhaps on Eteocles ' dying orders ...
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Eteocles ( 1 ) . A son of Oedipus , king of Thebes , and Jocasta or Euryganeia . After Oedipus ' disgrace , Eteocles and his brother , POLYNEICES , agreed to rule Thebes jointly , but Eteocles did not honor the bargain and banished his ...
Eteocles ( 1 ) . A son of Oedipus , king of Thebes , and Jocasta or Euryganeia . After Oedipus ' disgrace , Eteocles and his brother , POLYNEICES , agreed to rule Thebes jointly , but Eteocles did not honor the bargain and banished his ...
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Tydeus was sent ahead to demand that Eteocles surrender . He lent force to his threats by challenging the Thebans to single combat or to feats of strength and then defeating all comers . Eteocles , however , was not intimidated ...
Tydeus was sent ahead to demand that Eteocles surrender . He lent force to his threats by challenging the Thebans to single combat or to feats of strength and then defeating all comers . Eteocles , however , was not intimidated ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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