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menoeceus
a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes. -
seven against thebes
(used with a plural verb) Classical Mythology. seven heroes, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus, who led an expedition against Thebes to depose Eteocles in favor of his brother Polynices: the expedition failed, but the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven against Thebes, conquered the city ten years later. -
adrastus
a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor -
alcmaeon
a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies. -
amen
Amen is said by Christians at the end of a prayer. -
amphiaraus
a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.