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	Polynices
		Oedipus (with Ismene and Antigone) condemns Polynices, 1883, Andre-Marcel Baschet
		Polynices engendered the support of Amphiaraus by offering his wife Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia.
		King Creon, who ascended to the throne of Thebes, decreed that Polynices was not to be buried.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Polynices.html (498 words)

	SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		But this deal did not last long, and Oedipus had not yet died when Polynices was already raising an army to march against his younger brother Eteocles 1, who having seized power and refusing to share the throne, had banished him.
		Polynices' mother was Jocasta, but some, not believing in the story of the incest of Oedipus, say that his mother was Eurygania, daughter of Hyperphas.
		The celebrated Tydeus 2 from Calydon was sent by the SEVEN to tell Eteocles 1 that he must cede the kingdom to Polynices, as they had agreed among themselves, and during his embassy, defending himself from an ambush, killed fifty men in single combat.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/SEVENAGAINST.html (2676 words)

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		His sons argued over the throne, but Eteocles gained the support of the Thebans and expelled Polynices, who went to Oedipus to ask for his blessing to retake the city, but instead was cursed to die at his brother's hand.
		Polynices engendered the support of the prophet Amphiaraus by offering his wife Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia.
		King Creon, who ascended to the throne of Thebes, decreed that Polynices was not to be buried.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Polynices (521 words)

	EPIGONI, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		These wars were made possible because Eriphyle let herself be bribed, first by Polynices, who gave her the Necklace of Harmonia 1, and later by Thersander 1, son of Polynices, who gave her the Robe of Harmonia 1 [for details about these incidents, see Robe and Necklace of Harmonia 1].
		Thersander 1, son of Polynices and Argia 1 (daughter of Adrastus 1), was determined to sit on the throne he believed should have belonged to his father, by deposing his cousin Laodamas 2, son of Eteocles 1, now king of Thebes.
		Polynices is son of Oedipus, and Argia 1 is daughter of Adrastus 1 and Amphithea 1 [Eur.IA.253ff.; Pau.2.20.5].
	www.maicar.com /GML/EPIGONI.html (1254 words)

	Discussion Questions
		Polynices: must be left unmorned, without a grave, a happy hunting ground for birds to peck for tidbits.
		She forgives Polynices in death the crimes against the family he commits in life, and she expects Etocles to do likewise.
		As king of teh city Creon must take care not to honor Polynices corpse, but he would not be expected to go to teh extreme of preventing or forbidding a burial of the city.
	www2.smumn.edu /facpages/~jtadie/5_sophocles_antigone.htm (3611 words)

	Classical E-Text: HYGINUS, FABULAE 50 - 99
		Polynices, son of Oedipus, at the end of the year, sought the kingdom from his brother Eteocles with the help of Adrastus, son of Talaus.
		Polynices said that he had come from Thebes, and he was wearing the insignia of his race; Tydeus spoke too, saying that he was the son of Oeneus and traced his descent from Calydon, and so he wore a boar skin to recall the Calydonian Boar.
		Antigona, Polynices’ sister, and Argia, hiw wife, with secrecy at night took his body and put it on the same pyre where the body of Eteocles was placed.
	www.theoi.com /Text/HyginusFabulae2.html (7256 words)

	Ante Diem viii Kalendas Decembris
		Polynices also heard this prophecy and went to Attica to persuade Oedipus to come to Argos.
		Polynices took 7 armies (one for each gate) from Argos and marched to Thebes.
		The body of Polynices was left on the battlefield to rot.
	www.mccsc.edu /~blaw/students/ante_diem_viii_kalendas_decembri.htm (974 words)

	Antigone 2, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		But exile did not mean misery for Polynices, who married an Argive princess, obtained foreign aid, and raised the army of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, with the help of which he hoped to regain the throne.
		Creon 2 then denied Polynices a grave, resolving that he was to be left unburied to be eaten by dogs and vultures, who had raised his hand against the motherland.
		This is why Antigone 2, who thought that she had a duty to the dead, decided to give his brother Polynices burial, contravening Creon 2, who refused to give equal honor to good and bad.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Antigone2.html (3410 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for polynices
		She forced her husband into the battle of the Seven against Thebes when Polynices bribed her with the magic necklace of Harmonia.
		When her brothers Eteocles and Polynices killed each other in the war of the Seven against Thebes, Creon, King of Thebes, forbade the burial...
		He foresaw the disaster of the expedition, but Polynices bribed his wife, Eriphyle, with the magic necklace of Harmonia, to convince him to go.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=polynices (619 words)

	Drama: ANTIGONE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Polynices retaliates by gathering an army to attack Thebes.
		Polynices and Creon both come to Colonus to take Oedipus away, but he chooses to stay.
		Polynices and six others attempt to invade the 7 gates of Thebes.
	www.csun.edu /~hflrc001/255/morenotes3_antigone.htm (402 words)

	The Greek Play at R-MWC (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He's the current king of Thebes, and he thinks that since Polynices fought against his own home town he shouldn't be given a proper burial.
		Polynices (po-lee-NICE-eze): Son of Oedipus and Jocasta, he goes to another city (Argos), marries the daughter of the king, and brings back an army to dethrone his brother Eteocles, who refuses to share power after the exile of Oedipus.
		They have four children (Polynices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene) before they find out who Oedipus is. In shame and grief, Jocasta hangs herself, and Oedipus blinds himself and goes into exile.
	www.rmwc.edu /greekplay/about_us/antigone_characters.asp (408 words)

	Polynices (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Greek mythology, Polynices was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta.
		When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year.
		Polynices engendered the support of Amphiaraus by offering his wife Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/po/polynices.html (111 words)

	Study Guide: Oedipus at Colonus
		The chorus sings of the miseries of human life, and particularly of old age; but perhaps there is an image of strength as well in the final stanza, where Oedipus is compared to a great headland buffeted on all sides.
		Enter Polynices, who apologizes for failing to treat his father right, and when that apology meets with silence, launches into a long self-serving justification of his struggle against his brother.
		Polynices departs, knowing his fate but unwilling to bend to his sister's request that he give over the struggle.
	www.siu.edu /~dfll/classics/Johnson/Greeks/exams/OCguide.htm (1046 words)

	Greek Plays - Vassar College Encyclopedia
		Eteocles and Polynices, sons of the late King Oedipus of Thebes, have killed each other in a battle over the throne.
		Antigone, sister to Eteocles and Polynices, performs funeral rites for Polynices anyway and is sentenced to death as a traitor by Creon.
		When Creon’s son Haemon learns that his father has condemned Antigone, his betrothed, to be walled up in a cave, he goes to find her, and, discovering that she has hanged herself, stabs himself to death.
	vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu /index.php/Greek_Plays (1113 words)

	Enjoying "The Seven Against Thebes", by Aeschylus
		Whether it is wiser to have everybody attack a single gate, or to have seven different commands attack seven different gates (thus leaving soldiers under their own national commanders, and spreading the defenses thin), would be a question for a professional military leader.
		He had a stable government, and he thought it was not in the interest of his city (or his own interest) to give Polynices his turn.
		Polynices placed the city of Thebes at peril, and his army would have slaughtered and raped the good people of the city.
	www.pathguy.com /7thebes.htm (3108 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Polynices and Adrastus collected a mighty army, to be led by Polynices and six other champions, usually identified as Tydeus of Calydon; Amphiaraus of Argos; Capaneus of Argos; Hippomedon of Argos; Parthenopaeus of Arcadia (son of the huntress Atalanta); and, in most versions, King Adrastus.
		She disobeyed, and was bribed by the fabulous necklace that had once belonged to Polynices' great-grandmother Harmonia (wife of the hero Cadmus).
		Polynices and Eteocles killed each other, and the rest of the Seven died, with the exception of King Adrastus, who escaped on his superlative horse.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0457 (663 words)

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		Polynices, son of Oedipus, led a rebellious army against his brother, Eteocles, the ruler of Thebes.
		Polynices tried to take over Thebes from Eteocles, he was a traitor and traitors should not be honored.
		Creon believes that Polynices wasn’t worthy of a burial because he was a traitor to his brother and his country.
	wings.buffalo.edu /sa/nsbe/2002_webpage/picture/world_civilization_4.doc (547 words)

	Polynices
		Eteocles did not keep his part of the agreement and refused to give up his rulership of Thebes.
		Polynices marched with six allies to the city (Seven Against Thebes).
		Article "Polynices" created on 18 May 1999; last modified on 05 December 1999 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/polynices.html (71 words)

	SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays: Antigone, lines 1–416
		The preceding days have borne witness to the armed struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, sons of Oedipus and brothers to Antigone and Ismene.
		Polynices’ invading army has retreated, and Creon now rules the city.
		Creon has decreed that the traitor Polynices must not be given proper burial, and Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insist on the sacredness of family.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/oedipus/section1.html (1332 words)

	Search Results for "Polynices"
		She forced her husband into the battle of the Seven against Thebes when Polynices bribed her with the magic...
		In Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, she and her sister Ismene follow their father into exile at Colonus.
		He foresaw the disaster of the expedition, but Polynices bribed his wife, Eriphyle, with the...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Polynices (224 words)

	SparkNotes: The Oedipus Plays: Plot Overview
		Both Polynices and Creon are currently en route to try to take Oedipus into custody and thus claim the right to bury him in their kingdoms.
		Polynices tells Oedipus that he never condoned his exile, and that Eteocles is the bad son, having bribed the men of Thebes to turn against Polynices.
		Antigone embraces Polynices, saying that he is condemning himself to death, but he resolutely says that his life remains in the hands of the gods.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/oedipus/summary.html (2366 words)

	as9913 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Polynices led an attack against the city of Thebes and his brother Eteocles but died in battle.
		Polynices' sister, Antigone, mourns the unburied corpse and performs the proper funerary rite, but in doing so is arrested and sealed in the tomb by order of Creon.
		The aged prophet Teiresias warns Creon that the gods are offended at his refusal to bury Polynices, but when Creon attempts to undo his transgression, he finds that Antigone has killed herself, as has Haemon, his own son.
	www.macalester.edu /~rife/courses/clas5007/as102123.html (403 words)

	Antigone - MSN Encarta
		Oedipus left the throne of Thebes to his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, Antigone's brothers.
		The two came into conflict over who should rule, and after Eteocles succeeded in establishing himself in power, Polynices led the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes to unseat his brother.
		The new king, Creon, gave Eteocles an honorable burial but ordered that the body of Polynices, whom he regarded as a traitor, remain where it had fallen.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579219/Antigone.html (191 words)

	Polyneices Sources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oedipus married his mother Jocasta; Polynices and Eteocles, sons, and Ismene and Antigone, daughters, of Oedipus by Jocasta; Some say they were the children of Oedipus by Eurygania, daughter of Hyperphas;
		Thersander, son of Polynices, was one of the Epigoni;
		Polynices is on the list of the Seven Against Thebes; Polynices, son of Oedipus by Iocasta;
	www.csulb.edu /~dbouvier/SourceFiles/i299Sources.htm (64 words)

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