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- son of Oedipus
- Son of
- 👤 Euryganeia 👤 Iocaste 👤 Oedipus
- Father of
- 👤 Thersandros (epigonos) 👤 Adrastos (Argive II) 👤 Timeas
- Husband of
- 👤 Argeia (Argive)
- Has children with
- 👤 Argeia (Argive)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Seven against Thebes
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Kills
- 👤 Eteocles (Theban)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Dragging of Antigone (Thebes) 🏛️ the Hebdomai Gates (Thebes)
- Killed by
- 👤 Eteocles (Theban)
- Buried at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Polyneices (Thebes)
- Buried by
- 👤 Antigone (Theban)
- Cult sites
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Polyneices (Thebes) 🏛️ the Tomb of Eteocles (Thebes) 🏛️ the Altar of Polyneices and Eteocles at Thebes
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Shield of Polyneices
- Related Entities
- 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Argeia (Argive) 👤 Baton 👤 Capaneus 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Deipyle 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Eriphyle 👤 Eteoclos 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Euryganeia 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus 👤 Hippomedon 👤 Iocaste 👤 Iphis (Argive) 👤 Ismene (d. of Oedipus) 👤 Laodocos (athlete) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Theseus 👤 Parthenopaios 👤 Promachos (epigonos) 👤 Mecisteus (Argive) 👤 Melanippos (Theban) 👤 Sthenelos (Argive) 👤 Teiresias 👤 Thersandros (epigonos) 👤 Tydeus 👤 Oedipus 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 🌍 Argos (city) 👤 Aigialeus (epigonos) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Nemea (Argolid) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 👥 the Seven against Thebes 👥 the Defenders of Thebes against the Seven 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Homoloidian Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Oncaidian Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Hypsistan Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Crenidian Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Tomb of Polyneices (Thebes) 👤 Ker 👤 Adrastos (Argive II) 👤 Polydoros (epigonos) 👤 Timeas 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Ares 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite 🌍 the Sanctuary of Ares and Aphrodite near Argos 🏛️ the Tomb of the Daughters of Niobe (Thebes) 🏛️ the Tomb of Eteocles (Thebes) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Hyetios at Argos 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 🏺 the Chariot of Amphiaraos 🏛️ the House of Adrastos (Argos) 🏛️ the Dragging of Antigone (Thebes) 🏛️ the Pyre of Eteocles (Thebes) 🏺 the Cup of Laios 🏺 the Table of Cadmos 🏺 the Shield of Polyneices 🏛️ the Altar of Polyneices and Eteocles at Thebes 👤 Astymedousa (w. of Oidipous) 🏛️ the Hebdomai Gates (Thebes) 👤 Alitherses (Argive?)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.17 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.9 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.8 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.2 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 417-438 📖 Pausanias 4.8.8 📖 Pausanias 9.8.7 📖 Pausanias 9.25.1 📖 Pausanias 9.25.2 📖 Pausanias 2.25.1 📖 Pausanias 2.19.8 📖 Pausanias 2.20.5 📖 Pausanias 7.3.1 📖 Oedipodia fr. 2 Davies 📖 Thebaid fr. 2 Davies 📖 Thebaid fr. 3 Davies 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 1-41 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 113-146 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 147-161 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 399-402 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 925-940 📖 Homer, Iliad 4.364-4.410 📖 Pausanias 4.3.3-4.3.5 📖 Pausanias 9.5.10-9.5.11 📖 Pausanias 9.5.12-9.5.13 📖 Pausanias 9.18.3-9.18.4 📖 Pausanias 5.19.1-5.19.6 📖 Pausanias 10.10.3-10.10.4 📖 Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.2-3.6.8 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.6-3.6.8 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 55-85 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 145-190 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 117 Most 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 408-440 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 588-622 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 690-747 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1085-1140 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1356-1403 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1404-1424 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1427-1459 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1584-1763 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 136 Most 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 568-625 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 631-675 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 792-830 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1005-1040 📖 Cypria Argumentum 7 West 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 9 📖 Diegeseis to Callimachus 5.18-24 Norsa & Vitelli = Aetia fr. 105a Harder 📖 Lucian, The Dance 43 📖 Lucian, A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting 2 📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 35-47 📖 Corinna fr. 692 PMG 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.376 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 865-888 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1264-1283 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 5.412
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Thebaid Homer, Iliad Lycophron, Alexandra Cypria Oedipodia Pausanias Corinna Euripides, Suppliant Women Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Phoenician Women Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes Bacchylides, Odes Lucian, The Dance Lucian, A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting Pindar, Olympian 2 D-Scholia, Iliad Diegeseis to Callimachus
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 592-632 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280 📖 Oedipodia fr. 2 Davies 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1427-1459 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 105 Harder
- Depictions
- 🎨 Etruscan Terracotta Cinerary Urn (Nicholson NMR.1020) 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Kalpis Hydria attributed to the Chrysis Painter (Nicholson NM54.3; Beazley 215339; LIMC Eriphyle I 17) 🎨 Etruscan Marble Cinerary Urn (Nicholson NMR.1018.1) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali I 9, 5, Pompeii (PALP r1-i9-p5-space-11) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling VII 6, 28, Pompeii (PALP r7-i6-p28-space-4)
- Reported depictions
- 🌍 Argos (city) 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205) 🎨 Statue group of the Epigonoi in the Agora, Argos (LIMC Alkmaion 2) 🎨 Wall Painting in the Temple of Athena Areia, Plataia, by Onasias (LIMC Eteokles 6) 🎨 Statues of the Seven against Thebes in Delphi ( Not Extant)