Eriphyle
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Eriphyle was a figure in Greek mythology who, in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Th
Polynices offers Eriphyle the Necklace of Harmonia. Red-figure oenochoe by the Mannheim Painter, ca. 450–440 BC, Louvre Museum.
The Erinyes look over the corpse of Eriphyle
Seven against Thebes
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The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to rest
Eriphyle
…of Harmonia (also called the Necklace of Eriphyle) given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon. Eriphyle was the daughter of King Talaus of Argos and Lysimache, a granddaughter of Melampus. She had five…
Etruscan funerary urn showing the battle of Polynices and Eteocles, in the Museo archeologico e d'arte della Maremma
Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure Neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, ca. 340 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum (92.AE.86).
Tydeus kills Ismene, Late Corinthian amphora, c. 560 BC, Louvre (E 640).
Aeschylus, author of Seven Against Thebes. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century BC