Capaneus

Kapaneus

One of the Seven Against Thebes.

Genealogy

Argeus, Hipponous

Anaxagoras

Evadne

Sthenelus

Group

Seven against Thebes

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Cithaeron
  3. Nemea
  4. Thebes
  5. Unknown
Events
  1. Adrastus musters an army and the Seven against Thebes
  2. Seven against Thebes stop for water at Nemea
  3. Hypsipyle leads the Seven against Thebes to a spring
  4. Adrastus and the Seven against Thebes kill a serpent and bury Opheltes
  5. Seven against Thebes arrive at Cithaeron
  6. Capaneus goes to the Ogygian gate
  7. Capaneus climbs the walls of Thebes
  8. Zeus strikes Capaneus down with a thunderbolt
  9. Evadne throws herself on her husband Capaneus’ funeral pyre
  10. Aesculapius raises Capaneus from the dead
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.6
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.7
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.3
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.8
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 560
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 364
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 106
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 239
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.5
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.3
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 46.2
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.7
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.3
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