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Tydeus was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea, Oeneus's second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus's daughter.
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Thus arose the celebrated war of the Seven against Thebes, in which Adrastus was joined by six other heroes, Polynices, Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, and Parthenopaeus.
He was killed by Tydeus.
He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus.
Tydeus was Athena ’ s favourite warrior at the time, and when he was dying she wanted to offer him a magic elixir ( which she had obtained from her father ) that would make him immortal.
Aegialeus was married to Comaetho, daughter of Tydeus ( sister of Diomedes ).
It was created by a mortal smith but was blessed by Athena, who gave it to Tydeus.
Seeing that Nestor's life was in danger, the son of Tydeus shouted for Odysseus ' help.
The son of Tydeus, frequently referred to as the lord of war cry, was not seen speaking disrespectful words to his enemies before.
In Greek mythology, Tydeus () was an Aeolian hero of the generation before the Trojan War.
Tydeus was banished from Calydon by his uncle Agrius, because he killed either his brother or a different uncle or six of his cousins.
It was Tydeus and Polyneices, son of Oedipus, who was co-reigning in Thebes with his brother Eteocles before he was expelled by the latter.
He was killed by Tydeus, the son of Oeneus, Alcathous ' brother.
Oeneus was also the father of Tydeus by Periboea, daughter of Hipponous, though Tydeus was exiled from Aetolia and appears in myths concerning Argos.
# Euryalus was one of the eight sons of Melas, who plotted against their uncle Oeneus and were slain by Tydeus.
The 7th century poet Mimnermus accounts that Ismene was murdered by Tydeus.
He killed two of the seven attacking champions, Mecisteus and Tydeus, but was killed by either Amphiaraus or by Tydeus as he died, who then ate Melanippus ' brains.
Tydeus and son
He married Amphitheia, daughter of his brother Pronax, and became the father of a son, Aegialeus, and four daughters: Aegialeia, who became the wife of Diomedes ( son of Tydeus ); Argeia, who became the wife of Polyneices ( son of Oedipus ); Deipyle, who became the wife of Tydeus ( son of Oeneus ); and Eurydice, who became the wife of the Trojan king, Ilus ( son of Tros ).
*" But the son of Tydeus caught up a mighty stone, so huge and great that as men now are it would take two to lift it ; nevertheless he bore it aloft with ease unaided ," Battle with Aeneas-Book V
*" Father Jove, grant that the lot fall on Ajax, or on the son of Tydeus, or upon the king of rich Mycene himself.
Pandarus throws his spear first and brags that he has killed the son of Tydeus.
Meanwhile, one brave Trojan named Glaucus challenged the son of Tydeus to a single combat.
When they cast lots to choose one among those warriors, the Achaeans prayed " Father Zeus, grant that the lot fall on Ajax, or on the son of Tydeus, or upon Agamemnon.
Diomedes answered, " Hector will talk among the Trojans and say, ' The son of Tydeus fled before me to the ships.
The son of Tydeus explained " If another will go with me, I could do this in greater confidence and comfort.
Dolon proved to be the better runner but Athena infused fresh strength into the son of Tydeus for she feared some other Achaean might earn the glory of being first to hit Dolon.
She not only gave the whip back to the son of Tydeus but also put fresh strength to his horses and went after Eumelus to break his yoke.
Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes ( not to be confused with Diomedes, son of Tydeus ), king of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea.
Tydeus and Oeneus
# Periboea, daughter of Hipponous and mother of Tydeus by Oeneus.
The sons of Oeneus ' brother Agrius deposed him but Diomedes, his grandson through Tydeus, put Oeneus back on the Calydonian throne ( or the throne passed to Andraemon, husband of Gorge, due to Oeneus ' old age ).
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Tydeus and wife
* Deipyle, daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea, wife of Tydeus and mother of Diomedes.
Tydeus and daughter
Adrastus, therefore, gave his daughter Deipyle to Tydeus, and Argeia to Polynices, and at the same time promised to lead each of these princes back to his own country.
Tydeus and .
Upon his assumption into immortality on Olympus, Heracles is given ambrosia by Athena, while the hero Tydeus is denied the same thing when the goddess discovers him eating human brains.
This technique is described by the Roman poet Statius in his account of a match between the hero Tydeus of Thebes and an opponent in the Thebaid.
Tydeus is described to have followed this takedown with a choke while applying the " grapevine " body lock on the prone opponent.
* Diomedes-Son of Tydeus.
On the way to the battle, Amphiaraus repeatedly warned the other warriors that the expedition would fail, and blamed Tydeus for starting it.
He would eventually prevent Tydeus from being immortalized by Athena because of this.
His daughters Argea and Deipyle married Polynices and Tydeus, respectively.
During the time he reigned there it happened that Tydeus of Calydon and Polynices of Thebes, both fugitives from their native countries, met at Argos near the palace of Adrastus, and came to words and from words to blows.
Instead of Tydeus and Polynices other legends mention Eteoclos and Mecisteus.
Polyneices in exile fights with Tydeus, another exile at Adrastus ' palace ; the two are entertained and marry Adrastus ' daughters.
In Book 2, Tydeus goes to Eteocles to ask him to lay down the throne and yield power, but he refuses and tries to kill Tydeus with an ambush.
In the fourth book the Argive forces gather, commanded by the seven champions Adrastus, Polyneices, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Parthenopaeus, Hippomedon, and Tydeus and march to Thebes, but at Nemea, Bacchus causes a drought.
This is so because his father Tydeus left Calydon and fled to Argos in order to avoid being persecuted by his uncle Agrius.
Tydeus participated in the expedition, known as the Seven Against Thebes.
This expedition failed and all leaders, including Tydeus were killed.
However, she withdrew the intended privilege in apparent disgust when Tydeus gobbled down the brains of the hated enemy who had wounded him.
' Son of Tydeus ,' said he, ' in war your prowess is beyond question, and in council you excel all who are of your own years ; no one of the Achaeans can make light of what you say nor gainsay it, but you have not yet come to the end of the whole matter.
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