Capaneus
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The five persons whom Statius enumerates as joining with Polynices and Adrastus, king of Argos, are Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Hippomedon, Parthenopæus, and Capaneus.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Before the Electran gate stands Capaneus, Whose giant frame o'ertops e'en Tydeus' self.
From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Goldwin Smith
I'm Capaneus, and eager To climb like him to heaven.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
But the son of Capaneus was not unmindful of the orders that Diomed had given him.
From The Iliad by Homer
But Capaneus, how can I express the measure of his rage!
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
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