Capaneus

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[kuh-pey-nee-uhs, kap-uh-noos, -nyoos] / kəˈpeɪ ni əs, ˈkæp əˌnus, -ˌnjus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.

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Capaneus

Then to fierce Capaneus thy verse extend, And sing with horror his prodigious end.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George

"Dear son of Capaneus," said he, "come down from your chariot, and draw the arrow out of my shoulder."

From The Iliad by Homer

Adrastus, followed by Polyneices and Tydeus, his two sons-inlaw, Amphiaraus, his brother-in-law, Capaneus, Hippomedon and Parthenopaeus, marched against the city of Thebes, and on his way is said to have founded the Nemean games.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Evadne, wife of Capaneus, who flung herself upon his funeral pile and perished with him Evander, Arcadian chief, befriending Aeneas in Italy.

From Legends of Charlemagne by Bulfinch, Thomas

Capaneus was not, as it seems, such as the honest Chrysippus describes, in his treatise On those things which are not eligible for their own sakes.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us