Capaneus

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[kuh-pey-nee-uhs, kap-uh-noos, -nyoos] / kəˈpeɪ ni əs, ˈkæp əˌnus, -ˌnyus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

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Example Sentences

He ceased, and ranging still along the line, The son of Tydeus, Diomede, perceived, Heroic Chief, by chariots all around435 Environ'd, and by steeds, at side of whom Stood Sthenelus, the son of Capaneus.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Capaneus," exclaimed Virgil, "thy pride is thy punishment.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri

At this moment Evadne enters, wife of the godless Capaneus who was smitten by the thunderbolt; she is demented and wishes to find the body to die upon it.

From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.

Them the noble son280 Of Capaneus observed, and turning quick His speech to Diomede, him thus address'd.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Before the Electran gate stands Capaneus, Whose giant frame o'ertops e'en Tydeus' self.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin