Download or read book The Seven Against Thebes: (annotated) (Worldwide Classics) written by Aeschylus and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Oedipus, King of Thebes, realized he had married his own mother and had two sons and two daughters with her, he blinded himself and cursed his sons to divide their inheritance (the kingdom) by the sword. The two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, in order to avoid bloodshed, agreed to rule Thebes in alternate years. After the first year, Eteocles refused to step down, leading Polynices to raise an army of Argives (captained by the eponymous Seven) to take Thebes by force. This is where Aeschylus' tragedy starts.