Theban wars

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Greek mythological cycle legendary conflict mythological war

The Theban wars are a cycle of ancient Greek legendary conflicts centered on the city of Thebes, most famously including the stories of Oedipus’s sons and the battles of the Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Second Theban War 1
Theban wars canonical 1
first Theban war 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological cycle ⓘ
legendary conflict ⓘ
mythological war ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ares NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralFigure Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eteocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jocasta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynices NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalOrder Seven Against Thebes precedes Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence classical Greek literature ⓘ
later European drama ⓘ
follows curse of the house of Laius ⓘ
story of Oedipus ⓘ
hasCause curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ
quarrel between Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ
hasPart Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
war of the Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
war of the Seven against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLocation Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeTradition Athenian tragedy ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ
opposingForce Argive coalition ⓘ
Thebans NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Antigone (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epigoni (lost epic) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenician Women (Euripides) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebaid (lost epic) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result death of Eteocles ⓘ
death of Polynices ⓘ
eventual restoration of Theban power ⓘ
temporary fall of Theban royal house ⓘ
theme civil war ⓘ
family curse ⓘ
fate versus free will ⓘ
fratricide ⓘ
loyalty to kin ⓘ
loyalty to the city ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Heroic Age → includesEvent → Theban wars ⓘ
Theban cycle → includesEvent → Theban wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Thebes
Epigoni → associatedWithEvent → Theban wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Theban War
Adrastus → led → Theban wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: first Theban war