- 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 🏺 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 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Euadne (Argive II) 👤 Zeus 👤 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 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
- 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
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Stesichoros fr. 194 Campbell
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Statues of the Seven against Thebes in Delphi ( Not Extant)