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1 Polynices
Pŏlynīces, is, m., = Poluneikês, son of Œdipus and Jocasta, brother of Eteocles, and son-in-law of Adrastus, Stat. Th. 7, 689; Hyg. Fab. 68; 72; Quint. 5, 10, 31; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 144. -
2 Adrastis
Ā̆drastis, ĭdis, patr. f., = Adrastis, a female descendant of Adrastus:Creon Adrastida leto Admovet,
i. e. Argia, daughter of Adrastus, and wife of Polynices, Stat. Th. 12, 678. -
3 Adrastus
Ādrastus, i. m., = Adrastos, king of Argos, father-in-law of Tydeus and Polynices, who, acc. to the fable, saw them both die, and turned so pale from grief that he never recovered his former complexion; hence:pallor Adrasti,
Verg. 6, 480 Serv.; cf. Ov. P. 1, 3, 79; id. F. 6, 433; Stat. Th. 4, 74 al. -
4 ambo
ambō̆, bae, bo, num. ( nom. plur. ambo for ambae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7; acc. plur. orig. ambo, analog. to the Gr. amphô, but from the adj. use of the word ambos arose; acc. ambo is found in Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8; 5, 1, 67; id. As. 3, 3, 121; id. Curc. 5, 3, 14; id. Cist. 2, 1, 49; id. Ep. 2, 2, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 19; 5, 2, 69; id. Most. 3, 2, 140; id. Rud. 3, 5, 7; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 96 P.; Cic. (who never uses ambos) Fam. 5, 8; 9, 13; Caes. (who never uses ambos) B. C. 1, 48; Verg. (who never uses ambos) E. 6, 18; id. G. 4, 88; id. A. 12, 342; Hor. (who never uses ambos) S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 7, 62; Liv. 3, 62; 7, 19; 26, 7; 26, 26; 27, 27; 30, 14; 35, 22; 38, 53; 40, 46; 41, 18; 45, 19; Mart. 7, 40; Sil. 4, 175; 17, 427 al.; ambos is found in Afran. Com. Rel. p. 194 Rib. bis; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Ps. 1, 3, 21; Ter. (who never uses ambo) Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; 5, 2, 42; id. Ad. 1, 2, 51; 5, 9, 5; Prop. 3, 13, 18; Liv. 2, 10, 6; 22, 34, 10; Sall. (who never uses ambo) J. 21, 4; id. Fragm. 4, 19, 5 Kritz; Ov. (who never uses ambo) H. 10, 51; Tac. (who never uses ambo) A. 13, 54; Vulg. Tob. 3, 25; ib. Eph. 2, 16; cf. Charis. p. 95; Prisc. p. 744 P.; Rudd. I. p. 57; Kühn. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 145 sqq.) [amphô, amphoteroi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.; kindr. with Sanscr. ubhāu, dual nom. = ambo; Zend. uba; Slav. oba; Lith. abù; Goth. bai, bajōths; Germ. beide; Engl. both], both (of two objects whose duality is assumed as already known; when not already known, they are designated by duo. The difference between ambo and uterque is thus given by Charis. p. 49 P.: Ambo non est dicendum, nisi de his, qui uno tempore quid faciunt, utpote reges Eteocles et Polynices ambo perierunt quasi unā; Romulus autem et Africanus non ambo triumphārunt, sed uterque; quia diverso tempore).I.Of objects naturally in pairs, as the parts of the body, both:II.manusque ambas,
Verg. A. 6, 496; 10, 868:ambas palmas,
id. ib. 5, 425;10, 844: tinnient ambae aures ejus,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 3, 11; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 12:circum unum ambove genua,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 59 (but even here we find duo:sumes duos renes (vituli) et adipem,
Vulg. Exod. 29, 13; 29, 22:duas manus,
ib. Matt. 18, 8 bis; 18, 9:duae palmae manuum ejus,
ib. 1 Reg. 5, 4:duorum luminum,
of both eyes, ib. Jud. 16, 28; so Shaksp., her two eyes, Love's Lab. Lost, iv. 3;Haml. i. 4).—So of other things: Tristior illā Terra sub ambobus non jacet ulla polis,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 64:Atridas Priamumque, et saevum ambobus Achillen,
angry with both parties, id. ib. 1, 458.—In gen., of two objects and no more, the two, both: QVOM. PERORANT. AMBO. PRAESENTES. (i.e. actor et reus), Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10:III.consules, alter ambove, si eis videretur,
Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:ambo accusandi estis,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 67:jam hisce ambo, et servos et era, frustra sunt duo,
Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 19:erroris ambo complebo,
id. ib. 1, 2, 8:emit hosce ambos,
id. Capt. prol. 34:ut eos ambos fallam,
Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; so Vulg. Tob. 3, 25:hic, qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20:una salus ambobus erit,
Verg. A. 2, 710:plebiscitis cautum, ne quis duos magistratus uno anno gereret, utique liceret consules ambos plebeios creari,
Liv. 7, 42:Caesar atque Pompeius diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt... eodemque die uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30:amborum verba,
Tac. A. 3, 35:civitate Romanā ambos donavit,
id. ib. 13, 54:ambo occisi,
Suet. Aug. 11:errant autem ambo senes,
Vulg. Gen. 18, 11; ib. Matt. 15, 14:applicuit ambos ad eum,
ib. Gen. 48, 13; ib. Eph. 2, 16.—Poet. = duo:partīs ubi se via findit in ambas,
into two, Verg. A. 6, 540. -
5 Amphiaraides
Amphĭărāus, i, m., = Amphiaraos, a distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmœon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house;II.but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth,
Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.—Derivv.A. B.Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes). -
6 Amphiaraus
Amphĭărāus, i, m., = Amphiaraos, a distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmœon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house;II.but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth,
Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.—Derivv.A. B.Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes). -
7 Amphiareus
Amphĭărāus, i, m., = Amphiaraos, a distinguished Grecian seer, father of Alcmœon and Amphilochus. Knowing that he was doomed to lose his life in the Theban war, he concealed himself in his house;II.but his wife, Eriphyle, was prevailed upon to betray him by the offer of a golden necklace, and he was compelled by Polynices to accompany him to the war, where he was swallowed up, with his chariot, in the earth,
Cic. Div. 1, 40; Ov. P. 3, 1, 52.—Derivv.A. B.Amphĭă-rāīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Amphiaraus, i. e. Alcmœon, Ov. F. 2, 43 (al. Amphĭărēïădes). -
8 Argia
Argīa, ae, f., = Argeia.I.Daughter of Adrastus, and wife of Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 266; 12, 113.—II.Wife of Inachus and mother of Io, Hyg. Fab 145. -
9 Cadmea
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
10 Cadmeius
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
11 Cadmeus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
12 Cadmus
Cadmus, i, m., = Kadmos.I.Son of the Phœnician king Agenor, brother of Europa, husband of Harmonia, father of Polydorus, Ino, Semele, Autonoë, and Agave; founder of the Cadmea, the citadel of the Bœotian Thebes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3. 19, 48; Ov. M. 3, 14 sq.; id. F. 1, 490; id. P. 4, 10, 55; the inventor of alphabetic writing, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192 sqq. (hence letters are called Cadmi filiolae atricolores, Aus. Ep. 29;B.and Cadmi nigellae filiae,
id. ib. 21). He and his wife. Harmonia were at last changed into serpents, Ov. M. 4, 572 sq.; Hor. A. P. 187; cf. Hyg. Fab. 6; 148; 179;274.—Hence, Cadmi soror,
i. e. Europa, Ov. P. 4, 10, 55.—Derivv.1.Cadmēus, a, um, adj., = Kadmeios, of or pertaining to Cadmus, Cadmean:b.Thebae,
Prop. 1, 7, 1:juventus, i. e. Thebana,
Theban, Stat. Th. 8, 601:Dirce (because in the neighborhood of Thebes),
Luc. 3, 175:mater,
i. e. Agave, the mother of Pentheus, Sen. Oedip. 1005: cistae, i. e. of Bacchus (because Bacchus was the grandson of Cadmus by Semele), id. Herc. Oet. 595:Tyros (because Cadmus came from Phœnicia),
Prop. 3 (4), 13, 7.—Also Carthaginian:gens, stirps, manus = Carthaginiensis,
Sil. 1, 6; 1, 106; 17, 582.—Subst.: Cadmēa, ae, f. (sc. arx), the citadel of Thebes founded by Cadmus, Nep. Pelop. 1, 2; id. Epam. 10, 3.—2.Cadmēĭus, a, um, adj., Cadmean:3.genitrix,
i. e. Agave, Stat. Th. 4, 565: seges, i. e. the armed men that sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 7, 282:heros,
i. e. the Theban, Polynices, Stat. Th. 3, 366; so,Haemon,
id. 8, 458 and 520.—Cadmēïs, ĭdis, f. adj. (acc. Cadmeidem and Cadmeida, Neue, Formenl. 1, 211; 1, 305; voc. Cadmei, ib. 1, 293), = Kadmêïs, of Cadmus, Cadmean:b.domus,
Ov. M. 4, 545:arx,
id. ib. 6, 217:matres,
i. e. Theban women, id. ib. 9, 304.—Subst., a female descendant of Cadmus; so of Semele, Ov. M. 3, 287; of Ino, id. F. 6, 553.— Plur. Cadmeïdes, the daughters of Cadmus, Agave, Ino, and Autonoë, Sen. Herc. Fur. 758.—II.An historian of Miletus, said to have been the earliest prose writer, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; 7, 56, 57, § 205.—III.A bloodthirsty executioner in the time of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Schol. Crucq.—IV.A mountain in Caria, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118. -
13 Dircaeus
Dircē, ēs (acc. Dircam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65), f., = Dirkê.I.A fountain N. W. of Thebes, in Boeotia, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 239; Stat. Th. 1, 38.—B.Meton., poet., the region lying around this fountain, Stat. Th. 2, 322.—Hence, Dircaeus, a, um, adj., Dircean; hence (pars pro toto), Boeotian:II.Thebae,
Prop. 3, 17, 33 (4, 16, 33 M.); cf.ager,
Stat. Ach. 1, 12:arva,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 320:Amphion,
Verg. E. 2, 24:cygnus,
i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25:heros,
i. e. Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 142 et saep.—The wife of the Theban prince Lycus, who, on account of her cruelty to Antiope, was tied to a bull by Amphion and Zetheus, and dragged about till dead, and was afterwards thrown (changed, acc. to the fable) into the above-named fountain, Prop. 3, 15, 13 (4, 14, 11 M.); Hyg. Fab. 7 and 8; Plaut. l. l. -
14 Dirce
Dircē, ēs (acc. Dircam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 65), f., = Dirkê.I.A fountain N. W. of Thebes, in Boeotia, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 239; Stat. Th. 1, 38.—B.Meton., poet., the region lying around this fountain, Stat. Th. 2, 322.—Hence, Dircaeus, a, um, adj., Dircean; hence (pars pro toto), Boeotian:II.Thebae,
Prop. 3, 17, 33 (4, 16, 33 M.); cf.ager,
Stat. Ach. 1, 12:arva,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 320:Amphion,
Verg. E. 2, 24:cygnus,
i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25:heros,
i. e. Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 142 et saep.—The wife of the Theban prince Lycus, who, on account of her cruelty to Antiope, was tied to a bull by Amphion and Zetheus, and dragged about till dead, and was afterwards thrown (changed, acc. to the fable) into the above-named fountain, Prop. 3, 15, 13 (4, 14, 11 M.); Hyg. Fab. 7 and 8; Plaut. l. l. -
15 Eriphyla
Erĭphyla, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Eriphulê, daughter of Talaüs, and wife of Amphiaraüs, whom she betrayed to Polynices for a golden necklace, for which she was slain by her son Alcmaeon. —Form -a, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Inv. 1, 50, 94; Prop. 2, 16, 29 (3, 8, 29 M.);II.3, 13, 57 (4, 12, 57 M.).— Form -e,
Ov. A. A. 3, 13; Verg. A. 6, 445.— Plur.:multae Eriphylae,
Juv. 6, 655, v. Amphiaraus.—Hence, -
16 Eriphylaeus
Erĭphyla, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Eriphulê, daughter of Talaüs, and wife of Amphiaraüs, whom she betrayed to Polynices for a golden necklace, for which she was slain by her son Alcmaeon. —Form -a, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Inv. 1, 50, 94; Prop. 2, 16, 29 (3, 8, 29 M.);II.3, 13, 57 (4, 12, 57 M.).— Form -e,
Ov. A. A. 3, 13; Verg. A. 6, 445.— Plur.:multae Eriphylae,
Juv. 6, 655, v. Amphiaraus.—Hence, -
17 Eriphyle
Erĭphyla, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Eriphulê, daughter of Talaüs, and wife of Amphiaraüs, whom she betrayed to Polynices for a golden necklace, for which she was slain by her son Alcmaeon. —Form -a, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Inv. 1, 50, 94; Prop. 2, 16, 29 (3, 8, 29 M.);II.3, 13, 57 (4, 12, 57 M.).— Form -e,
Ov. A. A. 3, 13; Verg. A. 6, 445.— Plur.:multae Eriphylae,
Juv. 6, 655, v. Amphiaraus.—Hence, -
18 Eteocles
Etĕōclēs, is and ĕos, m., = Eteoklês, son of Oedipus and Jocasta, brother of Polynices; he was the cause of the Theban war, described by the Roman poet Statius in the Thebais, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 82; Hyg. Fab. 76; gen. Eteoclis, Stat. Th. 3, 214:II.Eteocleos,
id. ib. 12, 421; acc. Eteoclea, id. ib. 7, 688.— Hence, -
19 Eteocleus
Etĕōclēs, is and ĕos, m., = Eteoklês, son of Oedipus and Jocasta, brother of Polynices; he was the cause of the Theban war, described by the Roman poet Statius in the Thebais, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 82; Hyg. Fab. 76; gen. Eteoclis, Stat. Th. 3, 214:II.Eteocleos,
id. ib. 12, 421; acc. Eteoclea, id. ib. 7, 688.— Hence, -
20 Iocasta
Ĭŏcasta (quadrisyl.), ae, and Ĭŏcastē, ēs, f., = Iokastê, the wife of Lāïus, and mother of Œdipus, whom she married unknowingly, and had by him Eteocles and Polynices. —Form Iocasta, Stat. Th. 1, 681; Hyg. Fab. 66.—Form Iocaste, Hyg. Fab. 67; 242.
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Polyníces — POLYNÍCES, æ, od. is, Gr. Πολυνέικης, ου, (⇒ Tab. XXII.) des Oedipus und der Jokasta Sohn, und ein Zwillingsbruder des Eteokles. Apollod. l. III. c. 5. §. 6. Er sollte mit demselben die Herrschaft zu Theben ein Jahr um das andere haben: allein,… … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
POLYNICES — fil. Oedipi, Thebanorum Regis, ex nefando Iocastae matris concubitu, frater Eteoclis, quibus pater, sponte in exilium proficiscens, regnum eâ lege reliquerat, ut alternis annis regnarent. Verum cum Eteocles, cui utpote natu maiori Polynices… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Polynices — Polynices, s. Polyneikes … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Polynices — Polynīces, s. Polyneikes … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Polynices — [päl΄i nī′sēz΄] n. [Gr Polyneikēs, lit., great wrangler < polys, much (see POLY ) + neikos, quarrel, akin to Nikē: see NIKE] Gr. Legend a son of Oedipus and Jocasta: see SEVEN AGAINST THEBES … English World dictionary
Polynices — In Greek mythology, Polynices or Polyneices (Greek: Πολυνείκης, transl. Polyneíkes , manifold strife ) was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea. When his father, Oedipus, was discovered to have killed his father and married his… … Wikipedia
Polynices — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Polyneikēs Date: 15th century a son of Oedipus for whom the Seven against Thebes mount their expedition … New Collegiate Dictionary
Polynices — /pol euh nuy seez/, n. Class. Myth. a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized. * * * … Universalium
Polynices — Pol•y•ni•ces [[t]ˌpɒl əˈnaɪ siz[/t]] n. myt a son of Oedipus and Jocasta, on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized … From formal English to slang
Polynices — /pɒləˈnaɪsiz/ (say poluh nuyseez) noun Greek Legend a son of Oedipus. The expedition of the Seven against Thebes was organised to restore him to the throne of Thebes …
Polynices — /pol euh nuy seez/, n. Class. Myth. a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized … Useful english dictionary