Capaneus
Americannoun
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But where is he who utters such dreadful insults against this city, Capaneus?
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
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
On another occasion, an exceedingly tall man was taking the part of Capaneus scaling the walls of Thebes; 'Step over' suggested the audience; 'you need no ladder.'
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
At this moment Evadne enters, wife of the godless Capaneus who was smitten by the thunderbolt; she is demented and wishes to find the body to die upon it.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
Parthenopæus, one of the seven, was killed by a stone, and another, Capaneus, while furiously mounting the walls from a scaling-ladder, was slain by a thunderbolt cast by Jupiter, and fell dead to the earth.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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