The Seven against Thebes marched to depose Eteocles, who had refused to yield the Theban throne to his brother Polynices. Eteocles and Polynices killed each other in single combat during the siege.
The Seven against Thebes besieged the city of Thebes to restore Polynices to the throne. The expedition ended in catastrophe, with six of the seven champions slain at the city's gates.
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.
Antigone defied Creon's decree forbidding burial of the Argive dead after the siege of the Seven against Thebes, secretly burying her brother Polynices and accepting death as punishment.
Creon seized power in Thebes after the mutual fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices during the siege of the Seven against Thebes. He forbade burial of the Argive dead, provoking Athenian intervention.
The Epigoni were the sons of the Seven against Thebes who mounted a second, successful expedition against Thebes a generation later, avenging their fathers' defeat and deaths.
Eriphyle's betrayal of Amphiaraus completed the roster of the Seven against Thebes. Bribed with the Necklace of Harmonia, she compelled her husband to join the expedition he knew was doomed.
The Necklace of Harmonia played a pivotal role in the expedition of the Seven against Thebes. Polynices used the cursed artifact to bribe Eriphyle into compelling Amphiaraus to join the doomed campaign.
After Creon forbade burial of the fallen Seven against Thebes, Theseus led an Athenian force against Thebes to recover their bodies, as dramatized in Euripides's Suppliants.
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