Seven against Thebes

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) seven heroes, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus, who led an expedition against Thebes to depose Eteocles in favor of his brother Polynices: the expedition failed, but the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven against Thebes, conquered the city ten years later.

2. (used with a singular verb) a tragedy (468? b.c.) by Aeschylus.

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Seven against Thebes British  

plural noun

1. Greek myth the seven members of an expedition undertaken to regain for Polynices, a son of Oedipus, his share in the throne of Thebes from his usurping brother Eteocles. The seven are usually listed as Polynices, Adrastus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Tydeus, and Parthenopaeus. The campaign failed and the warring brothers killed each other in single combat before the Theban walls See also Adrastus

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Seven against Thebes

But before that Atalanta had borne a son, Parthenopaeus, who was one of the Seven against Thebes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Then Jane was immediately sent for out of the school, and the Seven against Thebes was commenced with great energy.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

Aeschylus in the Seven against Thebes had already represented the young heroine as defying the victorious citizens who forbade the burial of her brother, the rebel Polynices.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Adras`tus, a king of Argos, the one survivor of the first expedition of the Seven against Thebes, who died of grief when his son fell in the second.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

The Seven against Thebes is the last play of its series; and again the plot is severely simple, not only in outline, but in detail.

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