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    Dante sees Capaneus in the seventh circle (third round) of Hell. Along with the other blasphemers, or those "violent against God", Capaneus is condemned...
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    Evadne is married to Capaneus. The complete list given by Euripides is the same list of Seven given by Aeschylus: Tydeus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon...
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    Sthenelus was the son of Capaneus and Evadne. He was the father of Cylarabes and Cometes, lover of Aegialia. Sthenelus' father Capaneus was one of the Seven...
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  • Euryalus, son of Mecisteus Promachus, son of Parthenopaeus Sthenelus, son of Capaneus Thersander, son of Polynices To this list, the geographer Pausanias also...
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    Seven Against Thebes Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure Neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, ca. 340 BC, J. Paul...
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    de Born Bonturo Dati Brunetto Latini Caiaphas Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti Capaneus Cerberus Charon Chiron Ciacco Ciampolo Circles of Hell First Second Third...
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    Asclepius once started bringing back to life the dead people like Tyndareus, Capaneus, Glaucus, Hymenaeus, Lycurgus and others. Others say he brought Hippolytus...
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    country, out of date; Bent resolutely on wringing lilies from the acorn; Capaneus; trout for factitious bait; Ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ', ὅσ' ἐνι Τροίῃ Caught in...
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    which in nature should be fertile and cool, descends as fire". Dante finds Capaneus stretched out on the sands; for blasphemy against Jove, he was struck down...
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  • Evadne (wife of Capaneus) and Laodice (mother of Capaneus). He left his kingdom to his grandson Sthenelus, the son of his son-in-law Capaneus. Iphis or Iphitus...
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    gather, commanded by the seven champions Adrastus, Polyneices, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Parthenopaeus, Hippomedon, and Tydeus, and march to Thebes, but at Nemea...
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    Papilio prexaspes, the blue Helen, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Southeast Asia. The race found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Papilio prexaspes...
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    deos fecit timor' ('fear first made gods in the world') is uttered by Capaneus, a madman and blasphemer [...]. Strimple RB. "The Fear of the Lord". The...
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    anthropologist James G. Frazer thought that the legendary Greek story of Capaneus, whose wife Evadne threw herself on his funeral pyre, might be a relic...
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    de Born Bonturo Dati Brunetto Latini Caiaphas Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti Capaneus Cerberus Charon Chiron Ciacco Ciampolo Circles of Hell First Second Third...
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  • Phoenician Women), patriotism is a significant theme. Adrastus Amphiaraus Capaneus Hippomedon Parthenopaeus Polynices Tydeus Adrastus Creon Megareus Periclymenus...
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  • Ἱππόνοος) referred to several people: Hipponous, the Olenian father of Capaneus and Periboea by Astynome. He was son of Iocles, grandson of Astacus and...
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    of Jacques-Joseph de Cathelineau (1787–1832), son of the généralissime Capaneus, Leader of The Seven against Thebes (Tête du Blasphémateur), study for...
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  • Evadne, daughter of Iphis of Argos or Phylax (or Phylacus) and wife of Capaneus, with whom she gave birth to Sthenelus. Her husband was killed by a lightning...
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  • Sthenelus was killed during the war with the Amazons. Sthenelus, son of Capaneus and Evadne. Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.367 ff. Pausanias, 2.16.1 Grimal, Pierre :...
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    for victory just in case it cannot. A messenger — a former servant of Capaneus who had been captured by the Thebans — arrives to announce the Athenian...
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    A scene from the war of the Seven against Thebes: Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano...
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  • Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus. Ianeira, possible spouse of Capaneus. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology...
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    Zeus threatening Capaneus with lightning, attributed to Giovanni Calandrelli (c. 1820)...
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    Iphis left his kingdom to his nephew Sthenelus, the son of his brother Capaneus. Bias was succeeded by his son Talaus, and then by his son Adrastus who...
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    2011 The Wayshower Jesus Atlas Shrugged: Part I Francisco D'Anconia 2016 Miracle Underground Inferno by Dante Speaker - 7th Circle: Capaneus and Latini...
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    de Born Bonturo Dati Brunetto Latini Caiaphas Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti Capaneus Cerberus Charon Chiron Ciacco Ciampolo Circles of Hell First Second Third...
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    princes assemble their forces: Polynices, Adrastus, Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, and Parthenopaeus. At Thebes, panic breaks out at the news...
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    de Born Bonturo Dati Brunetto Latini Caiaphas Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti Capaneus Cerberus Charon Chiron Ciacco Ciampolo Circles of Hell First Second Third...
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