Greek Tragedy

Sthenelus

Family: Argos · Role: king · First appears: Euripides, The Heraclidæ — Scene 3

Euripides, The Heraclidæ — Scene 3

  • child: Copreus (The preceding address identifies the addressee as “the son of Sthenelus, king in Argos.”) “But, O foolish king, I tell thee, if thou comest to this city, thou wilt not thus obtain what thou thinkest for. You are not the only one who has a spear and a brazen shield; but, O lover of war, mayest thou not with the spear disturb my city dear to the Graces; but restrain thyself.”

Euripides, Iphigenia In Aulis — Scene 2

  • parent: Capaneus “Sthenelus son of Capaneus.”

Also listed in Argos — Minor Figures

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