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ETEOCLES , in See also:Greek See also:legend, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Thebes, son of See also:Oedipus and See also:Jocasta (Iocaste). After their See also:father had been driven out of the See also:country, he and his See also:brother Polyneices agreed to reign alternately for a See also:year. Eteocles, however, refused to keep the agreement, and Polyneices fled to Adrastus, king of See also:Argos, whom he persuaded to undertake the famous expedition against Thebes on his behalf. The two See also:brothers met in single combat, and both were slain. The Theban rulers decreed that only Eteocles should receive the See also:honour of See also:burial, but the See also:decree was set at naught by See also:Antigone (q.v.), the See also:sister of Polyneices. The See also:fate of Eteocles and Polyneices forms the subject of the Seven against Thebes of See also:Aeschylus and the Phoenissae of See also:Euripides.
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