tydeus hercules Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/tydeus-hercules Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:09:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Tydeus & Diomedes http://toursmaps.com/tydeus-diomedes.html http://toursmaps.com/tydeus-diomedes.html#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:52:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245782 Two later military campaigns set out from the Argolid – one against Thebes, the other against Troy. Both involved the family of the hero Tydeus. Banished from Calydon for shedding family blood, Tydeus, the brother of Meleager, sought sanctuary in Argos, and in his absence his father Oineus was deposed. Argos’ King Adrastus recognized Tydeus’ potential, made him his son-in-law and vowed to help return him to his kingdom. He did the same for Polyneices, who had been driven out of Thebes by his brother Eteocles. Raising a great army, Polyneices marched on Thebes with Tydeus as one of his

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