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PRONUNCIATION OF SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

Seven against Thebes play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEVEN AGAINST THEBES

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WHAT DOES SEVEN AGAINST THEBES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Seven against Thebes

Seven Against Thebes

The Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the City Dionysia. Its first two plays, Laius and Oedipus as well as the satyr play Sphinx are no longer extant.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Seven against Thebes in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Seven against Thebes» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

7人反对底比斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Siete contra Tebas
570 millions of speakers

English

Seven against Thebes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नो खिलाफ सात
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سبعة ضد طيبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Семеро против Фив
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sete contra Tebas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিব্বতের বিরুদ্ধে সাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sept contre Thèbes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tujuh terhadap Thebes
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sieben gegen Theben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テーベに対してセブン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테베 에 대한 세븐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pitu marang Thebes
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Bảy đối với Thebes
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீப்களுக்கு எதிராக ஏழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तेब्स विरुद्ध सात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yedi karşı Thebes
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sette contro Tebe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Siedem przeciwko Teby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Семеро проти Фів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Șapte împotriva Tebei
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Επτά επί Θήβας
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Sewe teen Thebe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sju mot Thebe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Syv mot Theben
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEVEN AGAINST THEBES»

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Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Suppliants
The importance of these works to the history of drama and tragedy and to the history of classical literature is beyond question, and their themes of military hubris and foreign versus native are deeply relevant today.
Aeschylus, 2011
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The Thebaid: Seven against Thebes
Casting Statius's Latin hexameter into a lively iambic pentameter more natural to the modern ear, Ross frees the work from the archaic formality that has marred previous translations.
Publius Papinius Statius, 2010
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The Seven Against Thebes
(All this has been made abundantly clear by Dr. Verrall in his Introduction to the Seven against Thebes, to which every reader of the play itself will naturally and most profitably refer.) In the timeof Aeschylus, Thebeswas, of course, anotable city ...
Aeschylus, 2013
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Under the Sign of the Shield: Semiotics and Aeschylus' Seven ...
The book's findings, however, far exceed these limits to explore the relationships between language and kinship, as between family and city, self and society, and Greek ideas about the nature of human development and identity.
Froma I. Zeitlin, 2009
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The 'Seven Against Thebes' of Aeschylus
The 'Seven against Thebes '—~for it is certainly too late to change the not very happy description attached to the play for ever by a verse of Aristophanes', and current perhaps even earlier still-takes its plot from the great attempt made by ...
Aeschylus, 1901
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Aeschylus: The Persians. Seven against Thebes. The ...
For the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces; after 2,500 years, the poetry of Euripides and Aeschylus has found a new voice--in fact, ten of them."--The Boston Book Review
Aeschylus, David R. Slavitt, 1998
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Aeschylus: Suppliant maidens. Persians. Prometheus. Seven ...
Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BCE), author of the first tragedies existing in European literature, was an Athenian born at Eleusis.
Aeschylus, Herbert Weir Smyth, 1988
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Aeschylus: Seven Against Thebes
This book places the drama in the context of the connected trilogy of which it was a part. It investigates the play’s tensions between city and family and the omnipresence of curse and ritual in fifth-century Greece.
Isabel Torrance, 2007
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The Seven Against Thebes Myth in Greek Tragedy
This book traces the literary evolution of the myth from its origins - Homer, the Epic Cycle Thebais, Stesichorus, Pindar to the tragic treatments of Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes and Euripides Phoenician Women.
Erez Natanblut, 2005
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Aeschylus: Persians ; Seven against Thebes ; Suppliants ; ...
The first volume of this new Loeb Classical Library edition offers fresh texts and translations by Alan H. Sommerstein of Persians, the only surviving Greek historical drama; Seven against Thebes, from a trilogy on the conflict between ...
Aeschylus, Alan H. Sommerstein, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEVEN AGAINST THEBES»

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Our top ten Greek tragedies in writing
Picking up where Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes ends, Antigone focuses on the aftermath of a bloody civil war that saw two brothers die as they led their ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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The Fierce Christ of Easter Faith
One of these is from Aeschylus in his play Seven Against Thebes, in which this verb refers to the snorting of a stallion about to charge into battle (cf. the movie ... «First Things, Apr 15»
3
From the archive: Cuba's revolution of the arts
Two works were singled out, a book of poems, "Outside the Game," by Heberto Padilla, and a play, "Seven Against Thebes," by Anton Arrufat, which won the ... «Chicago Tribune, Dec 14»
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Classical mythology comes to Hollywood
... the battle of the Seven Against Thebes. Hercules arrives in Thrace as a mercenary, along with his companions Iolaus, Tydeus, Autolycus, Amphiarus, Atalanta, ... «OUPblog, Oct 14»
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'The Curse of Oedipus': Theater Review
... but plundered fragments of the myth ranging from Homer to remnants of lost Euripides, Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus, an even earlier ode by Pindar, ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jun 14»
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Review: The Seven | SMU Meadows School of the Arts | Greer …
At Southern Methodist University, Will Power's The Seven, a hip-hop adaptation of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, lays down the beats and a message. «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Dec 13»
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Will Power and the Untold Ali Story [INTERVIEW]
... for creating The Seven, a hip-hop-centric adaptation of the Greek tragedy Seven Against Thebes) to craft his next theater piece. A commission from Princeton, ... «EBONY.com, Sep 13»
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Stripping Oedipus to the essentials
... ancient Greece's three great writers of tragedy, to create such masterpieces as The Seven Against Thebes, Oedipus Tyrannus and The Phoenician Women. «China Daily, Sep 13»
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No Name Players' 'Oedipus' spins a classic Greek hoot
Act 2 is "Antigone" and a mix of "Seven Against Thebes" and "The Phoenician Women," interweaving the pratfall war between Oedipus' two sons with the eternal ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Aug 13»
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Oedipus and the Foul Mess at Thebes at No Name Players
He's tossed in parts of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes and Euripides' The Phoenician Women, as well — the whole telling the story of one very screwed-up ... «PGH City Paper, Aug 13»

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