ETEOCLES  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, son of See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus and See also:

• JOCASTA

Jocasta (Iocaste) . After their See also:

• FATHER

father had been driven out of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, he and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Polyneices agreed to reign alternately for a See also:

• YEAR

year . Eteocles, however, refused to keep the agreement, and Polyneices fled to Adrastus, king of See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, whom he persuaded to undertake the famous expedition against Thebes on his behalf . The two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers met in single combat, and both were slain . The Theban rulers decreed that only Eteocles should receive the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• BURIAL

burial, but the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree was set at naught by See also:

• ANTIGONE, (I)

Antigone (q.v.), the See also:

• SISTER

sister of Polyneices . The See also:

• FATE

fate of Eteocles and Polyneices forms the subject of the Seven against Thebes of See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus and the Phoenissae of See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides .