Seven Against Thebes

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Ancient Greek play Greek myth Theban cycle episode mythological event tragedy

Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Seven Against Thebes canonical 17
The Siege of Thebes 2
Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek play ⓘ
Greek myth ⓘ
Theban cycle episode ⓘ
mythological event ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Aeschylus ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adrastus ⓘ
Amphiaraus ⓘ
Antigone ⓘ
Capaneus ⓘ
Creon ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ
Hippomedon ⓘ
Jocasta ⓘ
Megareus ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Parthenopaeus ⓘ
Polynices ⓘ
Tydeus ⓘ
hasAntagonistSide Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eteocles and the Thebans
hasAssociatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Ares ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
hasAssociatedPlace Argos ⓘ
hasCause curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ
dispute over the throne of Thebes ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
hasGenre heroic legend ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasLanguageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasLaterSequelInMyth Epigoni ⓘ
hasLiteraryAdaptation Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seven Against Thebes (play)
hasMainLocation Boeotia ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
hasOpposingForces defenders of Thebes ⓘ
seven champions attacking Thebes ⓘ
hasOutcome death of most attacking heroes ⓘ
failure of the expedition ⓘ
hasPrimaryConflict expedition against Thebes ⓘ
hasProtagonistSide Polynices and his Argive allies ⓘ
hasSubject Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasTheme civil war ⓘ
family curse ⓘ
fate ⓘ
fratricide ⓘ
isPartOf Theban cycle ⓘ
surface form: Theban myths

legend of the house of Oedipus ⓘ
resultsIn mutual killing of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeotia → mythologicalAssociation → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Aeschylus → notableWork → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
John Lydgate → notableWork → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Siege of Thebes
John Lydgate → wroteText → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Siege of Thebes
Thebes → associatedWithMythologicalFigure → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Thebes → hasMythologicalEvent → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: campaign of the Seven Against Thebes
Heroic Age → associatedWith → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Arion → isAssociatedWith → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: the war of the Seven against Thebes
Ismene → appearsIn → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles' Seven Against Thebes tradition
Theban cycle → includesMyth → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → hasPart → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → onlySurvivingPlay → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → survivingComponents → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Eteocles → associatedEvent → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Eteocles → literaryAppearance → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes
Polynices → event → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes → hasAntagonistSide → Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eteocles and the Thebans
Seven Against Thebes → hasLiteraryAdaptation → Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Against Thebes (play)
Seven Against Thebes → hasSubject → Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Seven Against Thebes (play)
Epigoni → hasFather → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Epigoni → predecessor → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Epigoni → result → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: destruction of Thebes
Epigoni → relatedWork → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Epigoni → hasFatherCollective → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Argia → associatedWith → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
Adrastus → led → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
Adrastus → participantIn → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
war of the Epigoni → precededBy → Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
subject surface form: War of the Epigoni
this entity surface form: expedition of the Seven against Thebes