:this is an article about the greek myth. for the epic on the subject, see epigoni (epic). for the play by sophocles, see epigoni (play). for the sons and descendants of successors of alexander the great (called epigoni) see diadochi in greek mythology, epigoni (; from , meaning "offspring") are the sons of the argive heroes who had fought and been killed in the first theban war, the subject of the thebaid, in which polynices and six allies (the seven against thebes) attacked thebes because polynices' brother, eteocles, refused to give up the throne as promised. the second theban war, also called the war of the epigoni, occurred ten years later, when the epigoni, wishing to avenge the death of their fathers, attacked thebes. according to the bibliotheca, they were:pseudo-apollodorus, bibliotheca 3.7.2. * aegialeus, son of adrastus * alcmaeon, son of amphiaraus * amphilochus, son of amphiaraus * diomedes, son of tydeus * euryalus, son of mecisteus * promachus, son of parthenopaeus * sthenelus son of capaneus * thersander son of polynices to this list, pausanias also adds:pausanias, 2.20.5. * polydorus son of hippomedon == the war == both apollodorus and pausanias tell the story of the war of the epigoni, although their accounts differ in several respects. according to apollodorus, the delphic oracle had promised victory if alcmaeon was chosen their leader, and so he was. aegialeus was killed by laodamas, son of eteocles, but alcmaeon killed laodamas.apollodorus, 3.7.3. the thebans were defeated and, by the counsel of the seer teiresias, fled their city. however, pausanias says that thersander was their leader,pausanias, 7.3.1, 9.9.4. that laodamas fled thebes with the rest of the thebans,pausanias, 9.5.13, 9.9.5. and that thersander became king of thebes.pausanias, 9.5.14. == as a poetic theme == epigoni is the title of an early greek epic on this subject;herodotus, 4.32.1. it formed a seque
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