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The House of Thebes

The House of Thebes. A cursed legacy…. A lot like Shakespeare…everyone dies. House of Thebes is named after a city…not a person.

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The House of Thebes

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  1. The House of Thebes A cursed legacy…

  2. A lot like Shakespeare…everyone dies.

  3. House of Thebes is named after a city…not a person. • After recapturing his cow/sister, Europa, from Zeus the gods bless Cadmus with his own city, which he names Thebes. However, that is pretty much the only luck he has his entire life. Thebes was his greatest legacy…but was eventually conquered.

  4. Cadmus Harmonia AutonoeSemeleIno Agave Polydorus

  5. Jocasta Laius

  6. Oedipus Rex!

  7. Creon Polyneices Euripides Antigone Ismene Menoeceus Haemon

  8. All that is left of Thebes in the end… Thebes is later conquered by a neighboring city and after all the Thebans are killed, it is said the only thing left of the city was the necklace Hephaestus gave to Harmonia when she married Cadmus.

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