Eteocles

Eteocles in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Eteocles Ἐτεοκλῆς was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia. The name is from earlier *Etewoklewes Ἐτεϝοκλέϝες, meaning "truly glorious". Tawaglawas is thought to be the Hittite rendition of the name.[citation needed] When Oedipus killed his father Laius and married his mother, he was expelle...

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Eteocles in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἐτεοκλῆς). 1. A son of Andreus and Evippe, or of Cephisus, who was said to have been the first that offered sacrifices to the Charites at Orchomenos, in Boeotia. (Paus. 9.34.5, 35.1; Theocrit. 16.104; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 14.1 ; Müller, Orchom. p. 128.) 2. A son of Oedipus and Jocaste. After his father's flight from Thebes, he and his brother ...

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