“Seven Against Thebes” in Mythopoetics of Vyach. Ivanov by Liia L. Ermakova

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On the correct way to supplicate the gods in Seven against Thebes by Marta González González

“… The Chorus in Seven against Thebes is made up of maidens who have the important task of supplicating the gods in the crucial moment before battle, and they must do so correctly for their plea to be effective. …”
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The shield as pedagogical tool in Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes by Victoria Pichugina

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Eteocle interprete di sogni : Aesch. Sept. 709-711 by Albina Abbate

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Reception of the values of the Aeschylus drama and mnemonic imprints by ancient tragedy spectators [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Konstantinos Mastrothanasis, Theodore Grammatas

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The myth of the War of the Seven and Pausanias’ educational topography by Andrej Mozhajsky

“…The article examines the monuments of Thebes mentioned by Pausanias and related to the story of Seven against Thebes. It is claimed that these monuments were a part of the local educational practice, which reflected the Theban mythical history and fostered patriotism. …”
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Truly Bewept, Full of Strife: The Myth of Antigone, the Burial of Enemies, and the Ideal of Reconciliation in Ancient Greek Literature by Matic Kocijančič

“…The rich discussion of the myth has often dealt with its most famous formulation, Sophocles’ Antigone, but has paid less attention to the broader ancient context; the epic sources (the Iliad, Odyssey, Thebaid, and Oedipodea); the other tragic versions (Aeschylus’s Seven Against Thebes and his lost Eleusinians; Euripides’s Suppliants, Phoenician Women, and Antigone, of which only a few short fragments have been preserved); and the responses of late antiquity. …”
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Ancient Drama and Reception of Antiquity in the Theatre and Drama of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) by Bernd Seidensticker

“…At the end there is a brief look at a production of Aeschylus Seven against Thebes at the BE in 1969. …”
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Aeschylean tragedy and the cultivation of fear in classical Athens by Buxton, X

“…Chapter Four takes a sociological approach to fear in the <i>Seven Against Thebes</i>, demonstrating the difficulty of governing fear, as well as its capacity for sympathetic expansion. …”

Thebes, Amphiaraus and Alcmaeon in Pindar’s Pythian 8: instruction to the winner by Andrej Mozhajsky

“…The article examines the didactical component of Pindar’s Pythian 8, which includes the Theban mythohistorical line - the plot of "Seven against Thebes" and the Epigoni’s march on Thebes. …”
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The Athenian dramatic chorus in the fourth century BC by Jackson, LCM

“…The second section analyses the choral text in the (probably fourth-century) <em>Rhesus</em> (chapter two), the interpolated choral passages in the <em>Iphigenia at Aulis</em> and <em>Seven Against Thebes</em> (chapter three), and the choruses of Aristophanes’ <em>Assemblywomen</em> and <em>Wealth</em>, as well as extant fragments of fourth-century comedy (chapter four). …”

Rulers in Greek tragedy by Hill, T

“…Chapter 5, on Aeschylus, argues that Eteocles (Seven Against Thebes) can best be understood in light of certain conceptions concerning the behaviour of warriors in epic, and that the presentation of Agamemnon (Agamemnon) draws on ideas about basileia current in the early fifth century. …”

Dionysus Chooses Aeschylus by Larisa Poplavskaya

“…Dionysus recognizes the educational significance of his tragedies “The Persians” and “Seven against Thebes”. The heroism and patriotism of the tragedies of Aeschylus are necessary for citizens of the Polis. …”
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