Capaneus

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

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

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Example Sentences

Capaneus and Hippomedon are terrific warriors of gigantic stature and truculent speech, but they are wholly uninteresting.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

He ceased, and ranging still along the line, The son of Tydeus, Diomede, perceived, Heroic Chief, by chariots all around435 Environ'd, and by steeds, at side of whom Stood Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Thus did he vaunt; but his arrow had not killed Diomed, who withdrew and made for the chariot and horses of Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus.

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

Presently he saw the son of Tydeus, noble Diomed, standing by his chariot and horses, with Sthenelus the son of Capaneus beside him; whereon he began to upbraid him.

From The Iliad by Homer