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Tag: Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes: Summary & Analysis

Posted on May 29, 2019 by JL Admin

DATE: 467, part of a Theban tetralogy: Laios, Oedipus, Seven, Sphinx [satyr-play] COMPETITION: won first prize CHARACTERS: Eteokles, Messenger, Antigone, Ismene, Herald CHORUS: women of Thebes SETTING: the palace at Thebes SUMMARY: The Argive army, led by Polyneikes, is at the gates of Thebes. Eteokles rallies the spirits of his terrified people and leads them…

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