Seven Against Thebes

Before the Trojan War, there was the Theban War.

To the heroes beneath the walls of Troy, the heroes of the Theban War were peerless and unattainable role models.

Diomedes, son of Tydeus, so prayed to his goddess Athena:

Hear me, o daughter of Zeus! Stand by me, as you had once stood by my father, divine Tydeus, when he went to Thebes! 

And King Agamemnon jeered him:

Woe to thee, son of brave Tydeus, the horse-tamer! Why do you tremble with fear? Why do you glance around, looking for a route of escape? Your father Tydeus was not wont to retreat in fear when he led bronze-clad Argives against the walls of Thebes!

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