Mythological Thebans

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. His thyrsus, a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wan

Oedipus (, ; , ) was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus unwittingly fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family.

In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; ) was a Theban princess and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother/grandmother was either Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She was the sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.

In Greek mythology, Semele (; ), or Thyone (; ), was the youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and the mother of Dionysus by Zeus (her own great-grandfather).

In Greek mythology, Jocasta (), also rendered as Iocaste ( ) and Epicaste (; ), was Queen of Thebes through her marriages to Laius and her son, Oedipus. She is best known for her role in the myths surrounding Oedipus and her eventual suicide upon the discovery of his identity.

thumb|300px|right|alt=A person with flowing robes holding a staff strikes two intertwined snakes on the ground|Tiresias strikes two snakes with a stick, and is transformed into a woman by Hera. Engraving by Johann Ulrich Kraus c. 1690. Taken from Die Verwandlungen des Ovidii (The Metamorphoses of Ovid). thumb|300px|alt=A baroque painting showing a male and female figure together|Pietro della Vecchia, Tiresias Transformed into a Woman, 17th century. In Greek mythology, Tiresias (; ) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven

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king of Thebes in Greek mythology

thumb|upright=1.15|Tydeus and Ismene on a [[Corinthian black-figure amphora, ca. 560 BC, Louvre.]]

In Greek mythology, Polynices (also Polyneices) (; ) was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia, and the brother of Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. When Oedipus discovered that he had killed his father and married his mother, he blinded himself and left Thebes, leaving Polynices and Eteocles to rule jointly. However, due to a curse placed upon them by Oedipus, their agreement quickly fell apart, and a war for the kingdom ensued. During battle, the brothers killed each other.

thumb|200px|Eteocles and Polynices, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, from the [[Ca' Dolfin Tiepolos.]] thumb|200px|Eteocles and Polynices, copy of mural in [[François Tomb from Vulci made in 4th century BC]]

daughter of Cadmus in Greek mythology

Greek mythological figure; daughter of Nycteus and mother of Amphion

In Greek mythology, Iolaus (; Ancient Greek: Ἰόλαος Iólāos) was a Theban divine hero. He was famed for being Heracles's charioteer and squire, and for helping with some of his Labors, as well as for being one of the Argonauts.

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In Greek mythology, Pentheus (; ) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the Spartoi. His mother was Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, and grandson of the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros and his son was Menoeceus.

mythical wife of Heracles and daughter of Creon

mythical daughter of Cadmus

thumb|The punishment of Dirce on a Lucanian vase painting|Lucanian red-figure [[pelike from Policoro (ancient Herakleia), BCE]] Dirce (; , , modern Greek ,) was a queen of Thebes as the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology.

thumb|Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone by Henry Fuseli, 1800 gray-brown wash over graphite.

Aëdon () was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus. Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes and one set in Western Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning.

mythical daughter of Teiresias

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Ogyges, also spelled Ogygus (; or , ; or , or ) is a primeval mythological ruler in ancient Greece, generally of Boeotia, but an alternative tradition makes him the first king of Attica.

mythical king of Thebes

In Greek mythology, the name Echion (, genitive: , derived from ) referred to five different beings:

thumb|302x302px|Roman fresco: Apollo and [[Artemis shoot the sons of Niobe, who flee (partly on horseback) in an idyllic landscape, 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD]] thumb|right|302x302px|Roman sarcophagus: Apollo and [[Artemis killing the 14 children of Niobe (front side). Artemis; 5 daughters with a nurse; younger son with a pedagogue; 3 other sons; Apollo. Top: dead Niobids. 160–170 Ad]] In Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own o

In Greek mythology, Autesion (; gen.: Αὐτεσίωνος), was a king of Thebes. He was the son of Tisamenus, the grandson of Thersander and Demonassa and the great-grandson of Polynices and Argea.

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Greek mythical character, son of Lycus the brother of Nycteus

thumb|Aëdon slays Itys, illustration from a Greek vase by JE Harrison and DS MacColl (1894).

In Greek mythology, Kalydnos (Ancient Greek: Κάλυδνος, Latinized as Calydnus) was a son of Uranus and the first king of Thebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna. He was believed to have built the first fortifications of the city, which was why Thebes were sometimes referred to as the "citadel of Calydnus". Calydnus was succeeded by Ogygus.

Alcathous (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκάθοος) was the name of several people in Greek mythology: Alcathous, a Calydonian prince as the son of King Porthaon and Euryte, daughter of Hippodamas. He was the brother of Oeneus (successor of Porthaon), Agrius, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope. Alcathous was the second suitor of Hippodamia, and thus slain by her father Oenomaus like the other suitors except Pelops. Alcathous, possible son of Agrius who together with his brother Lycopeus, died at the hands of his cousin, Tydeus who went then into exile to Argos. Alcathous, son of Pelops, who killed the Cithaero

mythological king of Thebes

In Greek mythology, Menoeceus (; Ancient Greek: Μενοικεύς Menoikeús "strength of the house" derived from menos "strength" and oikos "house") was the name of two Theban characters. They are related by genealogy, the first being the grandfather of the second. Menoeceus, father of Creon, Jocasta and Hipponome and both grandfather and father-in-law of Oedipus. He was the Theban son of Pentheus and a descendant of the Spartoi through his grandfather Echion. Menoeceus, son of Creon and possibly Eurydice, named after his grandfather. According to Hyginus and Statius, during the reign of Eteocles w

In Greek mythology, Euryganeia () was a Theban queen. She was one of Oedipus' wives, and in rarer traditions the mother of his four notable children, Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone and Ismene.

The name Melanippus is the masculine counterpart of Melanippe.

In Greek mythology, Phegeus (Ancient Greek: Φηγεύς) was the name of the following characters:

Theban king in Greek mythology

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In Greek mythology, the name Hyperenor (; ) may refer to:

In Greek mythology, Prothous (Ancient Greek: Πρόθοος Prothoös) may refer to:

In Greek mythology, Perieres () may refer to these two distinct individuals. Perieres, king of Messenia and son of Aeolus. Perieres, Theban charioteer of Menoeceus (father of Creon). He was the one who wounded Clymenus, king of Minyans and father of Erginus. This resulted to the heavy tribute imposed by the Minyans to the Thebans.

warrior of Thebes in Greek mythology

one of the mythical Spartoi of Thebes

set of mythological Greek characters

various mythological characters

In Greek mythology, Botres () was a Theban son of Eumelus and grandson of Eugnotus.

Jovian deity

naiad in Greek mythology

mythical daughter of Echion

Laodamas (; ) refers to five different people in Greek mythology.

In Greek mythology, the name Chthonius or Chthonios (, ) may refer to:

In Greek mythology, Lampus or Lampos (Ancient Greek: Λάμπος), a Greek verb meaning "glitter" or "shine", may refer to: