Adrastus

Adrastos

King of Argos. One of the Seven Against Thebes.

Genealogy

Lysimache

Talaus

Aristomachus, Eriphyle, Hippomedon, Mecisteus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax

Aegialeus, Aegialia, Argia, Cyanippus, Deipyle

Group

Seven against Thebes

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Athens
  3. Cithaeron
  4. Nemea
  5. Thebes
  6. Unknown
Events
  1. Tydeus lives in Argos, marries Deipyle
  2. Tydeus and Adrastus march against Thebes
  3. Adrastus breaks up fight between Polynices and Tydeus
  4. A seer tells Adrastus to yoke his daughters to the boar and the lion
  5. Polynices and Tydeus marry Adrastus’ daughters Deiphyle and Argia
  6. Adrastus promises Polynices and Tydeus that he will regain their lands
  7. Adrastus marches on Thebes
  8. Amphiaraus foresees that all of the Seven against Thebes except Adrastus will die
  9. Amphiaraus swears to let Eriphyle resolve a future dispute between him and Adrastus
  10. Adrastus musters an army and the Seven against Thebes
  11. Seven against Thebes stop for water at Nemea
  12. Hypsipyle leads the Seven against Thebes to a spring
  13. Adrastus and the Seven against Thebes kill a serpent and bury Opheltes
  14. Adrastus wins the horse race at the Nemean games
  15. Seven against Thebes arrive at Cithaeron
  16. Adrastus goes to the Homoloidian gate
  17. Adrastus is saved by his horse Arion
  18. Adrastus takes refuge at the Altar of Mercy in Athens
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.6
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.13
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.4
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.6
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.8
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 412
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 109
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 324
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 30.4
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.2
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.1
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.4
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.6
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.1
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.2
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 15.3
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.5
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