Seven Against Thebes

Name: Seven Against Thebes
Author: Aeschylus
ISBN: 9781461184973

by Aeschylus

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Seven Against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army, led by seven champions including Polynices who were called the Seven against Thebes, and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the Athens City Dionysia.

First published 181258 pages

882.01

Category: Classics
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 10
Editions known: 2

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 882.01882.1
Library of Congress (LCC): PA3825PA3827.S4 H4PA3827.S4M67 2000PA3825.S4 1908

Subjects

Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)Criticism and interpretationDramaDrama (dramatic works by one author)Eteocles (Greek mythology)Greek MythologyGreek dramaGreek drama (Tragedy)Greek drama, translations into englishPolyneices (Greek mythology)Prometheus (Greek deity)Seven against Thebes

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ISBN 9781461184973English

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First published1812

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