- Information
- one of the Seven against Thebes
- Son of
- 👤 Hipponoos (Olenian)
- Father of
- 👤 Sthenelos (Argive)
- Husband of
- 👤 Euadne (Argive II)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Seven against Thebes
- Dies at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Walls of 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 👤 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 3.7.1 📖 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 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.6-3.6.8 📖 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)