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Capaneus
One of the Seven against Thebes, struck down by Jupiter's bolt; his wife Evadne died on his pyre.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.1 Capaneus
One of the Seven against Thebes, blasted by Jupiter's bolt; his wife Evadne leaped onto his pyre.
- Letters from the Black Sea §3.1 Capaneus
Capaneus, one of the Seven against Thebes, blasted by Jupiter's thunderbolt as he scaled the walls; his very destruction made him famous, as Ovid's ruin makes him and his wife conspicuous.
- Ibis §14 son of Hipponoüs
Capaneus, son of Hipponoüs, blasted by Jove's thunderbolt as he scaled the walls of Thebes.
- Metamorphoses §9.262 Capaneus
One of the Seven against Thebes, blasted by Jove's thunderbolt for his impiety.
- Sorrows §4.3 Capaneus
One of the Seven against Thebes, blasted by Jove's bolt; his wife Evadne died on his pyre, unashamed of her struck husband.