Capaneus

Căpăneus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Καπανεύς,

• a son of Hipponŏus and Astynome, Hyg. Fab. 70; one of the seven before Thebes, struck with lightning by Jupiter, Ov. M. 9, 404; Veg. Mil. 4, 21; Stat. Th. 10, 549; 10, 898 sq.—Gen. Capanei, Prop. 2 (3), 34, 40.— Acc. Capanea, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 144.—Voc. Capaneu, Ov. A. A. 3, 21.—
• II Deriv.: Căpănēus (four syll.), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Capaneus, Capanean: tela, Stat. Th. 10, 811: signa, id. ib. 10, 832.— And access. form Căpănēia: conjux, Stat. Th. 12, 545.

Capane͡us, eī, Akk. ea, Vok. e͡u, m. (Καπανεύς), einer der sieben Fürsten vor Theben, von Jupiter, dessen Macht er verachtete, mit dem Blitz erschlagen, Stat. Theb. 10, 898. Prop. 2, 24, 40. Plin. 35, 144. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 44 (wo Nomin. Capaneos). – Als sein Leichnam verbrannt wurde, stürzte sich seine Gemahlin Euadne (Tochter des Iphis, dah. Iphias) in den brennenden Scheiterhaufen, Ov. art. am. 3, 21 sq. – Dav. Capanēius, a, um, kapanëisch, des Kappaneus, coniunx, Stat. Theb. 12, 545.

Căpăneūs, (15) ĕī ou ĕos m. , Capanée [un des sept chefs devant Thèbes] : Ov. M. 9, 404 || -ēĭus, et -eus, a, um, de Capanée : Stat. Th. 12, 545 ; 10, 811.

Ca'paneus

(Καπανεύς), a son of Hipponous and Astynome or Laodice, the daughter of Iphis. (Hyg. Fab. 70; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 181; ad Pind. Nern. 9.30.) He was married to Euadne or laneira, who is also called a daughter of Iphis, and by whom he became the father of Sthenelus. (Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 6.46; Apollod. 3.10.8.) He was one of the seven heroes who marched from Argos against Thebes, where he had his station at the Ogygian or Electrian gate. (Apollod. 3.6.6; Aeschyl. Sept. c. Theb. 423; Paus. 9.8.3.) During the siege of Thebes, he was presumptuous enough to say, that even the fire of Zeus should not prevent his scaling the walls of the city; but when he was ascending the ladder, Zeus struck him with a flash of lightning. (Comp. Eur. Phoen. 1172, &c.; comp. Soph. Antig. 133; Apollod. 3.6.7; Ov. Met. 9.404.) While his body was burning, his wife Euadne leaped into the flames and destroyed herself. (Apollod. 3.7.1; Eur. Supp. 983, &c.; Philostr. Icon. 2.31; Ov. Ars Am. 3.21; Hyg. Fab. 243.) Capaneus is one of those heroes whom Asclepius was believed to have called back into life. (Apollod. 3.10.3.) At Delphi there was a statue of Capaneus dedicated by the Argives. (Paus. 10.10.2.) [L.S]

Capăneus

(Καπανεύς). Son of Hipponoüs, and one of the seven heroes who marched against Thebes. He was struck by Zeus with lightning as he was scaling the walls of Thebes, because he had dared to defy the god. While his body was burning, his wife Evadné leaped into the flames and destroyed herself. See Seven Against Thebes.

Capaneus Capaneus, son of Hipponous

• one of the Seven against Thebes: Apollod. 3.6.3
• killed by thunderbolt in scaling the walls of Thebes: Paus. 9.8.7, Apollod. 3.6.7
• his wife burns herself with his dead body: Apollod. 3.7.1
• brother of Iphis and father of Sthenelus: Paus. 2.18.5
• father of Sthenelus: Apollod. 3.7.2, Apollod. 1.4.1
• raised from the dead by Aesculapius: Apollod. 3.10.3
• his statue at Delphi: Paus. 10.10.3