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👤 Capaneus

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  • Information
    one of the Seven against Thebes
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833806
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/18660
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/ksWTKfxFTle6z8x1HVftMAI
    Gender
    Male
    Death
    ResurrectedDeath is narrated
    Son of
    👤 Hipponoos (Olenian)
    Father of
    👤 Sthenelos (Argive)
    Husband of
    👤 Euadne (Argive II)
    Belongs to
    👥 the Seven against Thebes
    Dies at
    🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes)
    Killed by
    👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
    Buried at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Capaneus (Eleusis)
    Buried by
    👤 Theseus
    Resurrected by
    👤 Asclepios
    Weaponry
    🏺 the Shield of Capaneus
    Related entities
    👤 Amphiaraos👤 Hippomedon👤 Parthenopaios👥 the Seven against Thebes👤 Hipponoos (Olenian)🌍 Argos (city)👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia)👤 Euadne (Argive II)👤 Sthenelos (Argive)👤 Asclepios👤 Lycourgos (Arcadian)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes)👤 Iphis (Argive)👤 Baton👤 Eteoclos (s. of Iphis)👤 Polyneices👤 Tydeus👤 Adrastos (Argive I)🏺 the Chariot of Amphiaraos👤 Alitherses (Argive?)👤 Theseus🏛️ the Tomb of Capaneus (Eleusis)👤 Antigone (Theban)👤 Artemis👤 Nemesis🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes)👤 Eteocles (Theban)👤 Polyphontes (Theban)🌍 Athens (Attica)👤 Themis🏛️ the Ogygian Gates (Thebes)🏺 the Shield of Capaneus
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.2-3.6.8📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.8📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.8📖 Homer, Iliad 2.559-2.568📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 417-438📖 Pausanias 9.8.7📖 Pausanias 2.18.5📖 Pausanias 8.46.2📖 Pausanias 10.10.3-10.10.4📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 494-510📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 925-940📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 980-1008📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 145-190📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1085-1140📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1141-1195📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 860-871📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 422-451📖 Lucian, The Dance 76📖 Diodoros, Library 4.65.1-4.65.9📖 Ovid, Ibis 469-470📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.394-9.449📖 Sophocles, Antigone 100-161📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 231-302📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.144📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.6-3.6.8
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasEuripides, Suppliant WomenEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesLucian, The DanceDiodoros, LibraryOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesSophocles, AntigoneEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Stesichoros
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Stesichoros fr. 194 Campbell
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statues of the Seven against Thebes in Delphi (Not Extant)🎨 Painting of Capaneus by Tauriscos (LIMC Kapaneus 3)
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