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.

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