Lecture 21/22/23 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Adrastus
King of Argos, one of the 7 against Thebes, saved by Arion
Amphiaraüs
One of the 7 against Thebes, had the gift of prophecy, opposed the attack on Thebes but Polyneices bribed his wife with the necklace of Harmonia, swallowed up by the earth, became a chthonic cult hero
Amphion
Son of Antiope, brother to Zethus, ruler of Cadmeia, built the walls of Thebes with his lyre, husband to Niobe
Antigone
Daughter of Oedipus and title of the third play in Sophocles’ Theban trilogy
Antiope
Beloved of Zeus, mother to Amphion and Zethus
Boeotia
Region where Cadmus founded Cadmeia
Colonus
Village near Athens that Oedipus comes to after years of wandering
Creon
Brother of Jocasta, regent ruler of Thebes
Epigoni
The sons of the 7 against Thebes, successfully attacked the city 10 years later, name means ‘later generation’
Eteocles
Son of Oedipus and brother to Polyneices
Eumenides
‘Kindly ones’, alternate name for the Furies (Erinyes), title of a play by Aeschylus
Europa
Phoenician princess, abducted by Zeus and taken to Crete, mother of Minos
Haemon
Son of Creon, betrothed to Antigone, killed himself after finding her dead
Harmonia
Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, wife of Cadmus
Ismene
Daughter of Oedipus
Jocasta
Wife of Laius, mother of Oedipus, wife of Oedipus
Laius
Great-grandson of Cadmus, exiled as an infant, abducted and raped Chrysippus (Pelops’ son) while under his roof, returned and became King of Thebes, married Jocasta, father of Oedipus
Labdacus
Grandson of Cadmus, father of Laius
Polybus
King of Corinth, husband to Merope, ‘father’ to Oedipus
Spartoi
‘Sown men’, survivors of the armed men who sprang from the earth, founders of Theban nobility
Sphinx
‘Strangler’, monster sent by Hera to plague Thebes, face of a woman, body of a lion and wings of a bird, defeated by Oedipus
Thebe
Zethus’ wife, for whom Cadmeia was renamed Thebes
Tydeus
One of the 7 against Thebes, Athena’s favourite, died in battle
