epic traditions of the Epigonoi

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Iliad 2.119-130

The words of this challenge directed against the over-king Agamemnon by Sthenelos, chariot driver of Diomedes, recall the epic traditions of the Epigonoi = Sons-of-the-Seven-against Thebes. Since Sthenelos figures as a character in two epic traditions, both the Iliadic and the Epigonic, his word ... Continue reading

Iliad 13.737-739

... gonoi with Agamemnon’s host at TroyThe taunting here of Agamemnon by Sthenelos, chariot driver of Diomedes, recalls the epic traditions of the Epigonoi = Sons-of-the-Seven-against Thebes. See also I.02.11 ... Continue reading