Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (7)

• Oedipus at Colonus: Arrival, Death, and Heroic Passing
  Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus at Colonus* (+ Apollodorean notice)
• Conflict of Eteocles and Polynices; Exile of Polynices
  Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (*Phoenissae*, *OC*, *Seven* backstory)
• The Seven Against Thebes: March and Battle
  Theban · Aeschylean / Apollodorean (seven champions; seven gates)
• Mutual Killing of Eteocles and Polynices
  Theban · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean (fraternal duel)
• Antigone, the Burial of Polynices, and Creon’s Edict
  Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone* (+ Apollodorean aftermath)
• Capaneus: Blasphemy and the Thunderbolt
  Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Parthenopaeus: Death at Thebes
  Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean

Places appearing with them

• Amphiaraus’s chasm
• Argos
• Assembly
• Calydon
• Eleusis
• Field of the Seven
• His assigned gate
• Mount Helicon
• Olympia
• Rhamnus
• Rock tomb
• Thebes

Themes

• Exile
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• War