Theban royal family

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legendary dynasty mythological royal house

The Theban royal family is the legendary dynastic line of Greek myth centered on figures like Oedipus and his descendants, whose tragic fates form the core of many ancient Greek dramas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Theban royal family canonical 2
royal house of Thebes 2
the royal house of Thebes 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary dynasty ⓘ
mythological royal house ⓘ
associatedWith Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labdacids NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sphinx of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theban Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theban plays ⓘ
curse on the house of Laius ⓘ
tragic fate ⓘ
centralFigure Amphion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eteocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ismene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jocasta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labdacus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Megara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menoeceus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentheus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynices NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zethus NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingAncestor Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Creon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eteocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jocasta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynices NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Greek tragedy ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
narratedIn Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euripides' Bacchae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euripides' Phoenician Women NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sophocles' Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledCity Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme civil war ⓘ
divine curse ⓘ
fate versus free will ⓘ
incest ⓘ
parricide ⓘ
timeOfMythicSetting age of heroes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → mainSubject → Theban royal family ⓘ
Laius → memberOf → Theban royal family ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal house of Thebes
Telephassa → notableDescendant → Theban royal family ⓘ
this entity surface form: the royal house of Thebes
Thyone → associatedWith → Theban royal family ⓘ
Tisamenus → memberOf → Theban royal family ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal house of Thebes