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| Seven Against Thebes | |
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&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Seven_against_Thebes_Getty_Villa_92.AE.86.jpg) Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure Neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, ca. 340 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum (92.AE.86).[1] | |
| Written by | Aeschylus |
| Chorus | Theban Women |
| Characters | Eteocles Antigone Ismene Messenger Herald |
| Setting | Citadel of Thebes |
Seven Against Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas; Latin: Septem contra Thebas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea.[2] It concerns the battle between an Argive army, led by seven champions including Polynices who were called the Seven against Thebes, and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the Athens City Dionysia. The trilogy's first two plays, Laius and Oedipus, as well as the satyr play Sphinx, are no longer extant.
- ^ J. Paul Getty Museum 92.AE.86.
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