Epigoni

British  

/ ɪˈpɪɡəˌnaɪ /

plural noun

1. Greek myth the descendants of the Seven against Thebes, who undertook a second expedition against the city and eventually captured and destroyed it

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Etymology

Origin of Epigoni

C20: from Greek epigonoi those born after

Example Sentences

Finally, the Epigoni, descendants of the Seven who had fought Thebes, captured and destroyed that city.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

This desire for peace has rendered most civilized nations anemic, and marks a decay of spirit and political courage such as has often been shown by a race of Epigoni.

From Germany and the Next War by Bernhardi, Friedrich von

The water which in old times rose from a spring, the Epigoni stored up in cisterns.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

There are also two epics, one The Thebaïd of Statius, and The Epigoni sometimes attributed to Homer and sometimes to one of the Cyclic poets of Greece.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

The statues of the Epigoni stood on a semicircular basis on the south side of the way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various