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Seven Against Thebes (1983)

Directed by Giorgos Oikonomou, Yannis Tsarouchis

Overview

Seven Against Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas; Latin: Septem contra Thebas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea.[2] It concerns the battle between an Argive army, led by seven champions including Polynices who were called the Seven against Thebes, and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the Athens City Dionysia.

Length 88 minutes

Actors

Giorgos Orfanos | Antigoni Amanitou | Nikos Zampetis | Kimon Rigopoulos | Minas Konstadopoulos