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High terracotta Etruscan relief depicting scenes from the myth of the Seven Against Thebes. It decorated the back of the temple of the sanctuary at Pyrgi, 470-460 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)
'Seven Against Thebes' is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, dating from 467 BCE. It is the classic statement of the myth of the battle for the city of Thebes after the shamed Oedipus relinquished power to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices.
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