Chapter 11 Seven Heroes' Expedition to Thebes-11

Of Oedipus's clan, only the two sons of the dead brothers and Ismene remained alive.It is said that she was never married and had no children.With her death, the story of this unhappy family ended. Of the seven heroes who attacked Thebes, only King Adrastos survived, and he escaped the pursuit of Thebes, thanks to the birth of Poseidon, the sea god, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. The god horse Arion.Luckily, he returned to Athens on a divine horse, prayed for refuge in front of the altar, and asked the Athenians to help him ceremoniously bury the heroes and soldiers who died under the city of Thebes.

The Athenians agreed to his request, and Theseus led his troops to Thebes himself.The Thebes had to agree to bury the bodies of the fallen heroes.Adrastus built seven pyres for the bodies of the fallen heroes, and held a sacrifice to Apollo.When Cappanius' pyre was lit, his wife Oyu Atna suddenly jumped into the fire and burned herself to death. The body of Amphi-Araus, swallowed up by the earth, could not be found, and the king mourned that he could not attend his friend's funeral in person. "I have since lost the sight of my army," he said, "a brave warrior and a superhuman seer."

After the solemn burial ceremony was completed, Adrastros built a temple to Nemesis, the goddess of retribution, outside the city of Thebes, and then he and his Athenian allies left Thebes.