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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eteoclus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἐτέοκλος) was the son of [[Iphis (name)|Iphis]].
== Mythology ==
Eteoclus participated in the war on [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] by the [[Seven against Thebes]], and was occasionally included on the list of the seven leaders.<ref>E. g. [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 10. 10. 3</ref> In [[Euripides]]' ''Suppliant Women'', [[Adrastus]] describes him as a young, poor yet dignified person who would reject luxurious gifts from friends and was highly honored by fellow [[Ancient Argos|Argives]].<ref>[[Euripides]]' ''Suppliant Women'', 871 - 877</ref>
In [[Aeschylus]]' play ''[[Seven Against Thebes]]'', Eteoclus is one of the seven champions who attack Thebes' seven gates. He attacks the Neistan gates, carrying a shield which displays a man scaling a tower with a ladder, on which shield it is written that not even Ares could cast him down. He is confronted by [[Megareus of Thebes|Megareus]].<ref>Aeschylus, ''Seven Against Thebes'', 457 - 474</ref> However, in the ''[[Phoenician Women]]'', Adrastus is named as the assailant of the seventh gate of Thebes and Eteoclus is not mentioned.<ref>Euripides, ''Phoenician Women'', 1134</ref> Other authors, among them [[Diodorus]],<ref>''Library of History'' 4. 65</ref> [[Statius]],<ref>''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'', 4. 49 ff</ref> and [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]],<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 70</ref> do not mention Eteoclus either.
Eteoclus was said to have been killed by Leades, a son of [[Astacus (mythology)|Astacus]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'', 3. 6. 8</ref> His son Medon was sometimes mentioned as one of the [[Epigoni]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on ''[[Iliad]]'', 4. 404</ref>
==Notes==
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== References ==
* [[Aeschylus]], translated in two volumes. 1. ''Seven Against Thebes'' by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1926. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0014 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0013 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Euripides]], ''The Complete Greek Drama'', edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 2. Phoenissae, translated by Robert Potter. New York. Random House. 1938. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0118 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Euripides, ''Euripidis Fabulae.'' ''vol. 3''. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0117 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', [[Thebaid (Latin poem)|The Thebaid]]'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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