Capaneus


one of the Seven against Thebes, who was destroyed by Zeus for blasphemy.
Historical Examples

Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer’s workes Francis Thynne
Homer and His Age Andrew Lang
The Iliad of Homer (1873) Homer
The Iliad of Homer Homer
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Euripides
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry John Dryden
The Iliad of Homer Homer
Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love Ovid
Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes Aeschylus
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri

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