Seven against Thèbes (in Greek old Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήϐας / Heptà epì Thếbas ) is a Greek Tragédie of Eschyle, played in 467 av. J. - C., the third part of a trilogy which treated Cycle thébain.

Argument

The tragedy tells the Guerre of the seven chiefs, forwarding which finds its origin in the fight which opposes Étéocle and Polynice, the brothers of Antigone, after the death of their father, Oedipus, for the possession of the kingdom of Thèbes.

Polynice arrives with an army argienne to claim the throne thébain, wrongfully occupied by his/her Étéocle brother. Indeed, the two brothers had agreed to occupy the throne in turn, but Étéocle had refused to leave its place when its turn arrives.

Also, the army of Polynice spreads with each door of the city, kept each one by a champion. The two enemy brothers finish by entretuer during a singular combat. Étéocle is seen offering a burial whereas Polynice, declared treacherous with its country, should not have any of it. But Antigone, his/her sister, succeeds in offering a decent tomb to him.

The plan of the tragedy

• prolog a) Etéocle presses it B) Etéocle presses it Messager

• Parodos
• 1st episode _ the chorus-Etéocle, with lyric parts:
• interlude choral
• 2nd episode _le chorus it Messenger-Etéocle
• interlude choral
• 3rd episode _le chorus it Messenger
• interlude choral _avec prelude anapestic by coryphée the
• lyric Exodos : the Chorus-Antigone-Ismène
• final scene _le Herald-Antigone it Chorus

See too

• Cycle thébain;
• War of the seven chiefs;