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polynices

Pol·y·ni·ces
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-uh-nahy-seez]
    • /ˌpɒl əˈnaɪ siz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-uh-nahy-seez]
    • /ˌpɒl əˈnaɪ siz/

Definitions of polynices word

  • noun polynices a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized. 1
  • noun polynices a son of Oedipus and Jocasta, for whom the Seven Against Thebes sought to regain Thebes. He and his brother Eteocles killed each other in single combat before its walls 0
  • noun polynices a son of Oedipus and Jocasta 0
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Parts of speech for Polynices

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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  • antigone

    daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes

  • creon

    the successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes; the brother of Jocasta

  • eteocles

    a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes

  • ismene

    a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.

  • jocasta

    Classical Mythology. a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius and the mother, later the wife, of Oedipus, by whom she bore Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone: called Epicaste by Homer.

  • oedipus

    a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
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