Capaneus married Evadne, who immolated herself on his funeral pyre after he was struck down at Thebes. Their son Sthenelus later fought with the Epigoni and at Troy.
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.
Capaneus and Amphiaraus marched together as champions of the Seven against Thebes, though the seer had foreseen the expedition's doom and Capaneus's death by divine lightning.
Hippomedon and Capaneus were fellow champions of the Seven against Thebes, both renowned for their immense physical size and ferocity in battle.
Capaneus and Polynices fought together as champions of the Seven against Thebes. The expedition was mounted to restore Polynices to the Theban throne.
Capaneus and Tydeus were fellow champions of the Seven against Thebes, both noted for their ferocity in battle. They assaulted separate gates during the siege.
Zeus struck Capaneus with a thunderbolt as he scaled the walls of Thebes, punishing his impious boast that not even the king of the gods could stop him.
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.
Evadne threw herself onto Capaneus's funeral pyre at Eleusis after learning of his death at Thebes, becoming a paradigm of wifely devotion in Euripides's Suppliants.
Capaneus besieged Thebes as one of the Seven, attacking the city's walls with reckless boldness. He was struck dead by Zeus's thunderbolt while scaling the battlements.
The Thunderbolt of Zeus struck Capaneus dead as he scaled the walls of Thebes, the divine weapon punishing his blasphemous boast that no god could stop him.
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