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👤 Capaneus

  • <span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321893" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321893">🎨 Statues of the Seven against Thebes in Delphi (Not Extant)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11330014" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11330014">🎨 Painting of Capaneus by Tauriscos (LIMC Kapaneus 3)</span>
  • 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
    Son of
    👤 Hipponoos (Olenian) father of CapaneusApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasOvid, IbisOvidLatin
    Father of
    👤 Sthenelos (Argive) son of Capaneus, leader of the Argos contingent at TroyApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides
    Husband of
    👤 Euadne (Argive II) wife of CapaneusApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides
    Dies at
    🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) at ThebesApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Sophocles, AntigoneTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaLycophron, AlexandraLycophronGreekEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Euripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesOvid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) on the Walls of ThebesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Aeschylus
    Killed by
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Euripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)AeschylusOvid, IbisOvidLatinOvid, MetamorphosesEpicSophocles, AntigoneSophoclesSophocles🏺 the Thunderbolt of ZeusApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasEuripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)AeschylusOvid, IbisOvidLatinSophocles, AntigoneSophoclesSophocles
    Buried at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Capaneus (Eleusis)Euripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides
    Buried by
    👤 Theseus Athenian heroEuripides, Suppliant WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripides
    Resurrected by
    👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healingApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)StesichorosStesichorosMiddle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)
    Weaponry
    🏺 the Shield of Capaneus
    Related Entities
    👤 Amphiaraos  👤 Antigone (Theban)  👤 Artemis  👤 Asclepios  👤 Baton  👤 Eteoclos (s. of Iphis) 👤 Eteocles (Theban)  👤 Euadne (Argive II)  👤 Themis  👤 Zeus (Olympian)  👤 Hippomedon  👤 Hipponoos (Olenian)  👤 Iphis (Argive)  👤 Theseus  👤 Parthenopaios  👤 Polyneices  👤 Lycourgos (Arcadian)  👤 Nemesis  👤 Sthenelos (Argive)  👤 Tydeus  🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 👤 Adrastos (Argive I)  🌍 Argos (city)  🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)  👥 the Seven against Thebes  🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia)  🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes)  👤 Polyphontes (Theban)  🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes)  🏺 the Chariot of Amphiaraos 🏛️ the Tomb of Capaneus (Eleusis) 🏺 the Shield of Capaneus 👤 Alitherses (Argive?)
    Mentioned by
    📖 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 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 417-438 📖 Pausanias 8.46.2 📖 Pausanias 9.8.7 📖 Pausanias 2.18.5 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 494-510 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 925-940 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 980-1008 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.559-2.568 📖 Pausanias 10.10.3-10.10.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.2-3.6.8 📖 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 📖 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
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Lycophron, Alexandra Pausanias Euripides, Suppliant Women Euripides, Phoenician Women Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes Lucian, The Dance Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Sophocles, Antigone Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis Pliny, Natural History
    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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