- In Gr**** mythology, the
Epigoni or
Epigonoi (/ɪˈpɪɡənaɪ/; from Gr****: Ἐπίγονοι,
meaning "offspring") are the sons of the
Argive heroes, the
Seven against...
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Epigoni (Gr****: Ἐπίγονοι, Epigonoi, "Progeny") was an
early Gr**** epic, a
sequel to the
Thebaid and
therefore grouped in the
Theban cycle. Some ancient...
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Epigoni are the
progeny of the
heroes who
fought in the
First Theban War.
Epigoni can also
refer to:
Epigoni (play), a lost play by
Sophocles Epigoni...
- The
Epigoni (Ancient Gr****: Ἐπίγονοι, Epigonoi, "progeny") is an
ancient Gr****
tragedy written by the Gr****
playwright Sophocles in the 5th
century BC...
- rulers. In an 1843 work, "History of the
Epigoni" (Geschichte der Epigonen) he
details the
kingdoms of the
Epigoni, 280-239 BC. The only
precise date is...
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thersos 'boldness, braveness' and ἀνδρός
andros 'of a man') was one of the
Epigoni, who
attacked the city of Thebes. This is in
retaliation for the deaths...
- family. The
epics of the
Theban Cycle were the Oedipodea, the Thebaid, the
Epigoni, and the Alcmeonis. In the collection, the
precise sequence of
events and...
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several epigrams, the
Little Iliad, the Nostoi, the Thebaid, the Cypria, the
Epigoni, the
comic mini-epic
Batrachomyomachia ("The Frog–Mouse War"), the Margites...
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deaths of
their fathers; they are the
known as the
Epigoni.
Unlike their fathers before them,
these Epigoni are
successful in
their attempt to take Thebes...
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Sophocles also
wrote other plays focused on Thebes, most
notably the
Epigoni, of
which only
fragments have survived. As Sophocles'
Oedipus Rex begins...
