Amphiaraus and Adrastus resolved their feud over the Argive throne through a pact, with Eriphyle as arbiter. They later marched together as champions of the Seven against Thebes.
Capaneus marched alongside Adrastus as one of the Seven against Thebes. Adrastus later led the recovery of Capaneus's body and presided over his funeral.
Hippomedon marched with his uncle (or half-brother) Adrastus as one of the Seven against Thebes. His kinship with the Argive royal house secured his place among the expedition's champions.
The Seven against Thebes were seven champion warriors — Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, and Amphiaraus — who marched from Argos to restore Polynices to the Theban throne. All but Adrastus perished in the siege.
Adrastus, the sole survivor of the Seven, helped organize the Epigoni expedition. He died of grief upon learning his son Aegialeus had been killed during the campaign.
Eriphyle was the sister of King Adrastus of Argos. Their pact married her to Amphiaraus to end the feud over the Argive throne, with Eriphyle given the power to arbitrate disputes between the two men.
Parthenopaeus joined the expedition organized by Adrastus to restore Polynices to the Theban throne, serving as the Arcadian champion among the Seven against Thebes.
When Polynices and Tydeus arrived as exiles at Adrastus's palace in Argos, fighting like a boar and a lion, Adrastus recalled an oracle and gave them his daughters in marriage. He then pledged to restore both to their kingdoms, beginning with Polynices and Thebes.
Adrastus led the Seven against Thebes in the doomed siege to restore Polynices to the Theban throne. The expedition failed catastrophically, with all six of Adrastus's fellow champions killed at the city's gates.
Adrastus, Thersander's maternal grandfather and sole survivor of the Seven, organized the Epigoni expedition but died of grief when his son Aegialeus was killed in the campaign.
Adrastus gave his daughter Deipyle to the exiled Tydeus and pledged to restore him to Calydon. Tydeus became the fiercest of the Seven against Thebes, fighting with terrifying fury until his death at the gates.
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