Melanippus

Family: Thebes · Role: defender · First appears: Aeschylus, The Seven Who Fought Against Thebes — Scene 3

Life events

• Eteocles appoints Melanippus to defend the Prœtan gates against Tydeus.(Aeschylus, The Seven Who Fought Against Thebes — Scene 3 · 📍 Prœtan gates)
  • With: Eteocles Tydeus
  • “And against Tydeus, to defend the gates, I'll set this valiant son of Astacos;”

Aeschylus, The Seven Who Fought Against Thebes — Scene 3

• parent: Astacos “And of the dragon-race that Ares spared / He as a scion grows, a native true, / E'en Melanippos;”
• enemies with Tydeus “And against Tydeus, to defend the gates, / I'll set this valiant son of Astacos;”
• with Justice (Justice is described as kindred to Melanippus and sends him to war.) “And kindred Justice sends him forth to war, / For her that bore him foeman's spear to check.”
• with Eteocles (Eteocles appoints Melanippus to defend the gates against Tydeus.) “And against Tydeus, to defend the gates, / I'll set this valiant son of Astacos;”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Tragedy. Made with Rho MD.