Epigoni
In Greek mythology, the Epigoni or Epigonoi (/ɪˈpɪɡənaɪ/; from Ancient Greek: Ἐπίγονοι, meaning "offspring") are the sons of the Argive heroes, the Seven against Thebes, who had fought and been killed in the first Theban war, the subject of the Thebaid, in which Polynices and his allies attacked Thebes because Polynices' brother, Eteocles, refused to give up the throne as promised.According to the mythographer Apollodorus, they were:[1] To this list, the geographer Pausanias also adds:[2] Hyginus also makes note of:[3] Both Apollodorus and Pausanias tell the story of the war of the Epigoni, although their accounts differ in several respects.According to Apollodorus, the Delphic oracle had promised victory if Alcmaeon was chosen their leader, and so he was.[8] Epigoni was an early Greek epic on this subject;[9] it formed a sequel to the Thebaid and therefore was grouped by Alexandrian critics in the Theban cycle.A few lines from this text have long been known because they were quoted in commentaries and lexica by ancient scholars.