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by Micha F. Lindemans

The son of Hipponous and one of the Seven Against Thebes. He was struck down by lightning bolt from Zeus when he was climbing the walls of Thebes, as punishment for his recklessness. His wife was Evadne, who threw herself on his funeral pyre.