Capaneus

Role: brother of Iphis · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 18

In Book 2, Capaneus is named as the brother of Iphis and the father of Sthenelus. Iphis left the kingdom to Sthenelus, “the son of his brother Capaneus.” After the capture of Ilium, Sthenelus received the statue of Household Zeus as spoil.

In Book 9, Capaneus is identified as the son of Hipponous and was struck by lightning while violently attacking the walls of Thebes. Book 10 names him among those associated with Polynices in the expedition against Thebes.

Relationship record

Life events

Sthenelus received the statue of Household Zeus as divided spoil.(Book 8 · Chapter 46 · 📍 Ilium)
- With: Sthenelus
- “after the capture of Ilium, when the Greeks divided the spoil, the statue of Household Zeus was given to Sthenelus the son of Capaneus”
Capaneus was struck by lightning while violently attacking Thebes’ walls.(Book 9 · Chapter 8 · 📍 Thebes)
- “Capaneus the son of Hipponous, making a most violent attack on the walls, was struck with lightning.”

Book 2 · Chapter 18

siblings with Iphis “Iphis, the son of Alector, the son of Anaxagoras, left the kingdom to Sthenelus the son of his brother Capaneus”
child: Sthenelus “Sthenelus the son of his brother Capaneus”

Book 2 · Chapter 24

child: Sthenelus (Capaneus is Sthenelus's father.) “Sthenelus the son of Capaneus got it, and placed it here.”

Book 8 · Chapter 46

child: Sthenelus “Sthenelus the son of Capaneus”

Book 9 · Chapter 8

parent: Hipponous “Capaneus the son of Hipponous, making a most violent attack on the walls”

Book 10 · Chapter 10

with Prœtus (ancestor-descendant) “the descendants of Prœtus, (Capaneus the son of Hipponous, and Eteoclus the son of Iphis)”
parent: Hipponous “Capaneus the son of Hipponous”
with Polynices (interaction) “statues of those associated with Polynices in the expedition against Thebes, as Adrastus the son of Talaus, and Tydeus the son of Œneus, and the descendants of Prœtus, (Capaneus the son of Hipponous, and Eteoclus the son of Iphis), and Polynices”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.