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Zeus: supreme god of ancient Greek mythology Argive: from Argos, a city state in ancient Greece, to whom Polyneices went for help for fighting at Thebes Thebes: a city state in ancient Greece where the action of the play takes place Dirce: a stream near Thebes representing the wife of King Lycus, who was transformed into a spring by Dionysus Labdacidae: of the house of Labdacus, prince of Thebes Aphrodite: goddess of love Acheron: a river of Hades, the eternal resting place of dead souls Phrygian: an inhabitant of ancient Phrygia, a kingdom in the west part of Anatolia Daughter of Tantalus: Niobe, queen of Thebes, wife of Amphion, who bragged about her fourteen children during the ceremony of Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis (Note: Leto sent her children to kill Niobe’s, and Niobe fled to Mount Sipylus.) Sipylian heights: relating to Mount Sipylus Persephone: goddess queen of Hades Danae: a beautiful princess of Argos whose father confined her; visited by Zeus in the form of a shower of gold Son of Dryas: Lycurgus, King of Thrace, driven mad by the god of wine, Dionysos Bacchanalian: of the Bacchanalia, festival rites of Bacchus, another name for the god of wine Bosporus: the strait of water between Europe and Asia, linking the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea Salmydessus: a coastal town in Thrace, the people of which were infamous for being savage and barbarous Ares: god of war Phineus: king of Thrace and seer; later blinded himself and tormented by Harpies in the story of Jason and the Argonauts Erechtheidae: of the house of Erechteus, king of Athens Boreas: god of the north wind Furies of Hades: female spirits of justice and vengeance Cadmeian: relating to Cadmus the legendary founder of Thebes Eleusinian Deo: another name for Demeter, mother of Persephone Corycian nymphs: nymphs of the sacred springs of the Corycian Cave Castalia: a spring on Mt. Parnasos Nysa's hills: home of the rain nymphs of the Hyades and Dionysos Iacchus: another name for Dionysos, god of wine Amphion: a child of Zeus who is noted for building the walls of Thebes by charming the stones into place Pallas: Pallas Athene, goddess of wisdom Pluto: King of Hades; brother of Zeus and Poseidon

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Megareus: a son of Creon who was killed in the attack on Thebes