Seven against Thebes.
By: Translated by Anthony Hecht and Helen H. Bacon.
Contributors: Hecht, Anthony, 1923- tr.; Bacon, Helen H., tr.
Series: The Greek tragedy in new translations
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; gre
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Polyneices (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Eteocles (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Thebes (Greece) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: The third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters.
Notes: Translation of Septem contra Thebas.