Parthenopaeus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Atalanta(parent),Hippomenes(parent)— Marriage

  Atalanta and Hippomenes bore Parthenopaeus, who grew to become one of the Seven against Thebes. In an alternate tradition, Meleager is named as the father.

Allied with

• Hippomedon

  Hippomedon and Parthenopaeus fought together as champions of the Seven against Thebes. Both perished in the siege.

Enemy of

• Eteocles

  Parthenopaeus attacked the gates of Thebes as one of the Seven, assaulting the city defended by Eteocles. The siege pitted the Seven champions against the Theban king and his chosen defenders.

Slain by

• Periclymenus

  The Theban defender Periclymenus slew Parthenopaeus at the gate during the siege of the Seven against Thebes, according to Apollodorus.

Member of

• Seven against Thebes

  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.

Associated with

• Adrastus

  Parthenopaeus joined the expedition organized by Adrastus to restore Polynices to the Theban throne, serving as the Arcadian champion among the Seven against Thebes.

• Atalanta

  Parthenopaeus inherited his mother Atalanta's Arcadian lineage, martial prowess, and devotion to Artemis. His name, from parthenos (\"maiden\"), alludes to Atalanta's famous virginity.

• Hippomenes

  Hippomenes and Atalanta's son Parthenopaeus grew up to become one of the Seven against Thebes. His parentage linked the Atalanta footrace myth to the Theban cycle.

• Polynices

  Parthenopaeus marched as one of the Seven to restore Polynices to the throne of Thebes, fighting and dying alongside him in the doomed siege.

• Thebes

  Parthenopaeus attacked the gates of Thebes during the siege by the Seven. In Aeschylus's account, he bore a shield with the Sphinx as an insult to the Thebans, swearing to sack the city.