Tydeus
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Tydeus was an Aetolian hero in Greek mythology, belonging to the generation before the Trojan War. He was one of the Seven against Thebes, and the father of Diomedes, who is frequently known by the pa
Tydeus kills Ismene, Corinthian black-figure amphora, c. 560 BC, Louvre (E 640).
Tydeus, fighting with the soldiers of Eteocles
Ismene
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In Greek mythology, Ismene was a Theban princess. She was the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, king of Thebes, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynice
Tydeus
…Amphiaraus's intention, Athena was so appalled that she changed her mind and let Tydeus die. The 7th century poet Mimnermus attributes the murder of Ismene, the sister of Antigone, to Tydeus. No other Classical writer mentions the story, but the scene is represented on a 6th-century Corinthian black-figure…
Oedipus (with Ismene and Antigone) condemns Polyneikes. Oil painting by Marcel Baschet (1883).