Seven against Thebes: Meaning and Definition of

Sev'en against" Thebes'

1. seven heroes, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus, who led an expedition against Thebes to depose Eteocles in favor of his brother Polynices: the expedition failed, but the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven against Thebes, conquered the city ten years later.
2. (italics) a tragedy (468?b.c.) by Aeschylus.