concept
The earth-born warriors
The earth-born
also: Spartoi
The armed men that sprang from the sown serpent's teeth and slew one another; the 'earth-born brothers.'
Reading notes
- The Heroides §12 the earth-born brothers
The armed men sprung from the sown dragon's teeth, who killed one another — the Spartoi.
- Metamorphoses §3.42 the seeds of a people to come
The Sparti ('Sown Men'), armed warriors who sprang from the sown dragon's teeth and fought one another to death.
- Metamorphoses §3.57 you serpent-born
The Sparti, the Sown Men born of the dragon's teeth, ancestors of the Theban nobility Pentheus addresses.