Seven Against Thebes (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aeschylus
- First Published: 467
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Remote antiquity
- Setting: Thebes
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: War, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Fate or fatalism, Greek or Roman times, Duels or dueling, Civil wars, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Thebes, ancient
Characters Discussed
Eteocles (ee-TEE-oh-kleez), the son of Oedipus and grandson of Laius. Long ago, Laius, the king of Thebes, was warned by the oracle of Apollo that, should he beget a son, this act would bring ruin on his ancestral city. Laius disregarded the warning and became the father of Oedipus, thus bringing a curse upon his house. Oedipus, exposed by his parents on Mount Cithaeron, was rescued by a shepherd. Grown to manhood, Oedipus unknowingly slew his father and then solved the riddle of the Sphinx, thus rescuing Thebes from the monster. Made king of Thebes,...
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Aeschylus (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Aeschylus (Drama)Aeschylus (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)Aeschylus (Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World)
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