Necklace of Harmonia
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The Necklace of Harmonia, also called the Necklace of Eriphyle, was a fabled object in Greek mythology that, according to legend, brought great misfortune to all of its wearers or owners, who were pri
Polynices offering Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia; Attic red-figure oenochoe c. 450–440 BC. Louvre museum
Semele's death upon seeing the true form of Zeus. "Jupiter and Semele" oil painting by Peter Paul Reubens.
Jocasta, Ismene, and Antigone beg Eteocles and Polynices to make peace. Print by Pieter Franciscus Martenasie after a painting by Andries Lens
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
Necklace of Harmonia
…Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. After Jocasta's death, the necklace and peplos were then inherited by Polynices. Polynices used the necklace to bribe Eriphyle into persuading her husband Amphiaraus to partake in the doomed Seven Against Thebes war effort, aimed at placing Polynices on the Theban throne. She…
The Erinyes look over the corpse of Eriphyle