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	Capaneus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Capaneus was a son of Hipponous and Astynome, and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.
		Jove struck and killed Capaneus with a thunderbolt, and Evadne threw herself on her husband's funeral pyre and died.
		In the Divine Comedy, Dante sees Capaneus in the seventh circle (third round) of Hell, which is in the fourteenth Canto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capaneus (242 words)

	Dante's Inferno - Circle 7 - Cantos 12-17
		Capaneus' arrogant defiance of the gods is a running theme in the Thebaid, though Statius' description of the warrior's courage in the scenes leading up to his death reveals elements of Capaneus' nobility as well as his contempt for the gods.
		For instance, Capaneus refuses to follow his comrades in a deceitful military operation against the Theban forces under the cover of darkness, insisting instead on fighting fair and square out in the open.
		Nevertheless, Capaneus' boundless contempt ultimately leads to his demise when he climbs atop the walls protecting the city and directly challenges the gods: "come now, Jupiter, and strive with all your flames against me! Or are you braver at frightening timid maidens with your thunder, and razing the towers of your father-in-law Cadmus?" (Thebaid 10.904-6).
	danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu /utopia/circle7.html (3071 words)

	Capaneus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In Greek mythology, Capaneus was a son of Hipponous and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.
		He was killed by a lightning bolt, thrown by Zeus who punished Capaneus for his arrogance, at the siege of Thebes and Evadne threw herself on his funeral pyre and died.
		His story may be found in Aeschylus, Euripides, and the Roman poet, Statius.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Capaneus.html (62 words)

	SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		As the fight was taking many lives, Capaneus' one of the first, the armies decided that the brothers should fight in single combat, and in that fight Polynices and Eteocles 1 slew each other, thus fulfilling Oedipus' curse.
		Capaneus was the husband of Evadne 2, the daughter of the third king of Argos, Iphis 1.
		Capaneus, counted as the assailant of the Electran (Ogygian) Gate at Thebes, was son of Hipponous 1 and Astynome 1, daughter of King Talaus of Argos.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/SEVENAGAINST.html (2676 words)

	Capaneus
		According to the legend, Capaneus had immense strength and body size and was outstanding warrior.
		Zeus struck and killed Capaneus with a thunderbolt, and Evadne threw herself on her husband's funeral pyre and died.
		Virgil strongly condemns Capaneus, but many readers of the Comedy have perceived heroism in his defiance of God's whims even under torture.
	www.gamelow.com /Stories-C/Capaneus.php (188 words)

	Hipponous Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Astynome, daughter of Talaus by Eurynome, married Hipponous; Capaneus, son of Hipponous by Astynome;
		Capaneus, son of Hipponous by Astynome, sister of Adrastus and daughter of Talaus;
		Capaneus, son of Hipponous; Capaneus is a descendant of Proetus;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i2635Sources.htm (57 words)

	Capaneus the Blasphemer (Inferno, Canto XIV), William BLAKE - NGV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Capaneus the Blasphemer (Inferno, Canto XIV), William BLAKE - NGV
		Dante and Virgil are now in the third ring of the seventh circle, where those who have done violence against God, nature or art are punished.
		Capaneus, who had committed violence against God, was one of the seven kings who besieged Thebes.
	www.ngv.vic.gov.au /collection/international/print/b/blake/ipd00012.html (74 words)

	blog.myspace.com/iamtight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Capaneus is the only individual in this Canto who has any sort of control over his suffering- a fact which Dante recognizes, as he refers to him as "that great one" (14.46).
		Capaneus, believing he is punished by God, believes that God wants to see him suffer and "dance" around as he attempts to brush the fire from his body.
		Capaneus was an arrogant, prideful man who attempted to challenge God in his lifetime, and in death, he is the same.
	blog.myspace.com /iamtight (4596 words)

	CliffsNotes::The Divine Comedy: Inferno:Book Summary and Study Guide
		In classical times, Capaneus was a figure who thought himself so strong that not even Jove (Zeus, or Jupiter) could destroy him, but he was destroyed by the thunderbolts of Jove.
		Capaneus is ultimately insulting and defiant by saying that Jove himself will grow weary of trying to punish him before he, Capaneus, will give in to Jove’s punishment.
		Capaneus is being punished more than anyone else in this circle, and according to Virgil, as Capaneus keeps blaspheming against God, his punishment will increase throughout eternity.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-77,pageNum-48.html (279 words)

	Seven Against Thebes
		Parthenopaeüs (Parthenopaeus) was either the son of Atalanta, or the son of Talaus, which would also make him the brother of Adrastus.
		Capaneus, who was the first to breach the wall, boasted that not even Zeus could prevent him from burning the city.
		Mecisteus was the father of Euryalus; Capaneus was father of Sthenelus; Hippomedon of Polydorus; and Parthenopaeüs (Parthenopaeus) of Promachus.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/seven.html (2741 words)

	Italian 4140
		The fire is apparently reminiscent of the biblical fire that fell upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
		As he was scaling the walls of the city, Capaneus defied Zeus and was struck dead by his lighting.
		Notice that here Capaneus, even though he is a pagan and was punished by Zeus, suffers as if he were a Christian.
	spot.colorado.edu /~ferme/Ital4140/midtermreviewII.html (3208 words)

	>> Shipper Seasons << - 8.21 - Act Four
		Capaneus' army advances, with Capaneus and his officers riding amidst their troops.
		Capaneus looks at his son, his lip curling up in a sneer.
		Capaneus' sword slashes across Actaeon's thigh; as he gasps in pain, Capaneus kicks the sword out of his hand and advances on him.
	www.shipperseasons.com /season8/ep8.21script_actfour.html (3215 words)

	Arachnion, n. 3 - Fantham: The ambiguity of Virtus in Lucan's Civil War and Statius' Thebaid
		Statius has carefully interwoven with the death of Menoeceus the Aristeia of the Argive giant Capaneus, whom we first meet rallying the defeated Argives in the name of Virtus: he calls on his fellows to display their valour in full daylight, relying on the divinity of his right hand and his battle-frenzy (10.483).
		We have only Capaneus' delusion that his lofty Virtus has ordered him over the top: he will storm Thebes where Menoeceus spilled his blood and test the power of the sacrifice and Apollo's oracle (847-9).
		We have no doubt of Capaneus' hubristic folly, but Menoeceus' death is neither validated by its choreography nor its consequences.
	www.cisi.unito.it /arachne/num3/fantham.html (3029 words)

	Eugene Paul Nassar: DANTE ILLUSTRATION: FIDELITY TO TEXT AND TONE AS CRITERION
		The major sinner characterized in the canto is Capaneus, who defied the Gods as he scaled the walls of Thebes.
		William Blake found in Capaneus an icon for his own sense of being oppressed by the Christian establishment and so makes of Capaneus a radiant, heroic figure, an illustration not of Dante's Capaneus, but his own.
		Dali's Capaneus is not in Dante's dark place of raining fire, but in a lighted, geometrical metaphysical space we see often in the artist's work.
	www.princeton.edu /~dante/ebdsa/nassar.htm (1337 words)

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	CliffsNotes::The Divine Comedy: Inferno:Book Summary and Study Guide
		This is Capaneus, killed by a thunderbolt thrown from the hand of the angry Zeus.
		Virgil chastises the soul violently, calling it by its name, Capaneus, and then tells Dante that the soul is one of the seven that laid siege to Thebes.
		Capaneus scorned God when living and scorns him still.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-77,pageNum-47.html (524 words)

	>> Shipper Seasons << - 8.21 - Teaser
		Capaneus looks at his son's outstretched hand, then grasps it.
		A close up of Capaneus' face, full of determination, with a gleam in his eye.
		The camera pulls back to show the two kings, their backs to each other, riding away, the large hill looming behind them; we still do not see the top of the hill.
	www.shipperseasons.com /season8/ep8.21script_teaser.html (2134 words)

	FREE MonkeyNotes Study Guide Summary-The Divine Comedy:The Inferno by Dante Alighieri(Dante's Inferno)-CANTO XIV ...
		Virgil addresses him harshly saying that his (Capaneus') own anger at Jupiter and his fate is the best punishment for his proud soul.
		He informs Dante that Capaneus is one of the seven kings who besieged Thekes.
		He scorns Capaneus' pride and says that although the fire may not burn him his angry pride that rages through him surely burns him.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/monkeynotes/pmDivine52.asp (2028 words)

	Capaneus Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Capaneus, son of Hipponous by Astynome; Astynome married Hipponous;
		Capaneus is on the list of the Seven Against Thebes; Capaneus, son of Hipponous by Astynome;
		Iphis, son of Alector; Sthenelus, son of Capaneus, brother of Iphis;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i313Sources.htm (46 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Suppliants by Euripides
		Ladies, I bring you tidings of great joy, myself escaped-for I was taken prisoner in the battle which cost those chieftains seven their lives near Dirce's fount-to bear the news of Theseus' victory.
		But I will save thee tedious questioning; I was the servant of Capaneus, whom Zeus with scorching bolt to ashes burnt.
		The seven noblest sons in Argos once we had, we seven hapless mothers; but now my sons are dead, I have no child, and on me steals old age in piteous wise, nor 'mongst the dead nor 'mongst the living do I count myself, having as it were a lot apart from these.
	classics.mit.edu /Euripides/suppliants.html (8028 words)

	Capaneus Butterfly
		Capaneus Butterfly in a North East Queensland rainforest.
		It is illegal to copy or use the images without permission.
		All images can be purchased for commercial and non-commercial use.
	www.virtualoceania.net /australia/photos/fauna/butterflies/au0033.shtml (29 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The vertical symmetries and clear contours recall his earlier work, but the handling here is more fluent and the luminous effects—achieved through successive applications of translucent watercolors—establish Blake as one of the finest colorists of his age.
		In the image above, Dante and Virgil encounter the unrepentant Capaneus, one of seven legendary kings who besieged the ancient Greek city of Thebes.
		He was killed by a thunderbolt for defying the god Jove.
	www.metmuseum.org /special/William_Blake/8.R.htm (275 words)

	Notebook
		The army which assembled at Argos for the expedition against Thebes was commanded by Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Amphiaraos, and Parthenopoeus.
		Amphiaraos did not wish to join the march, for as a seer he had foreseen the death of all the leaders except Adrastus in the Theban war.
		Adrastus won the chariot race, Capaneus came first in the foot race, Tydeus took the honours in boxing, Amphiaraos in the jump, and the discus, Polynices won the wrestling laurels, and finally Parthenopoeus gained the victory in archery.
	www.noteaccess.com /APPROACHES/AGW/SevenATh.htm (1040 words)

	Cantos XIII-XVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Those who have been convicted of violence against God are punished to lie supine.
		Capaneus scaled the city wall during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
		He boasted that no one could stop him, not even Jove, to which he was struck down by a thunderbolt.
	personal.monm.edu /wright_stacia/cantos13-16.htm (533 words)

	Facts and Figures about the Seven Against Thebes and Epigoni
		He was the only leader of the Seven to survive the war.
		Capaneus was killed by the thunderbolt of Zeus.
		While Zeus did not actually killed Amphiarüs, rather that the god caused the earth to open up in front of Amphiarüs' chariot, swallowing up the seer and his charioteer.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/sevenwar.html (293 words)

	HELL XIV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The third round of the seventh circle; the burning sand; the violent against God, Nature, Art; Capaneus; the Old Man of Crete; the rivers of Hell
		Capaneus, one of the Seven Against Thebes, was struck by a thunderbolt when he bragged that not even Jove could stop him.
		At Phlegra, Jove defeated the Titans, who were trying to storm Olympus; Vulcan and the Cyclops manufactured Jove's thunderbolts; Mangibello, the Sicilian name for Mt. Etna, was thought to be Vulcan's furnace.
	home.earthlink.net /~zimls/HELLXIV.html (1099 words)

	SparkNotes: Inferno: Cantos XIV–XVII
		Among these sinners Dante sees a giant, whom Virgil identifies as Capaneus, one of the kings who besieged Thebes.
		Capaneus rages relentlessly, insisting that the tortures of Hell shall never break his defiance.
		The poets reach another river, which runs red, and Virgil speaks to Dante about the source of Hell’s waters.
	www.sparknotes.com /poetry/inferno/section7.rhtml (1337 words)

	The Iliad eBook
		Thus did he vaunt; but his arrow had not killed Diomed, who withdrew and made for the chariot and horses of Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus.
		Sthenelus sprang from his chariot, and drew the arrow from the wound, whereon the blood came spouting out through the hole that had been made in his shirt.
		Then he gave their horses to his comrades to take them back to the ships.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2199/43.html (589 words)

	Capaneus * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Capaneus * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
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		"People, Places and Things: Capaneus", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
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