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Capaneus

Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red-figure Neck-amphora attributed to the Caivano Painter, ca. 340 BC, J. Paul Getty Museum (92.AE.86).[1]

In Greek mythology, Capaneus (/kəˈpæn.juːs/; Ancient Greek: Καπανεύς Kapaneús) was a son of Hipponous and either Astynome (daughter of Talaus)[2] or Laodice (daughter of Iphis),[3] and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.[4] Some call his wife Ianeira.[5]

  1. ^ J. Paul Getty Museum 92.AE.86.
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 70
  3. ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 189; on Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.30
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8
  5. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.46
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