Film

Seven Against Thebes

1983 · 1h 28m

Seven Against Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas; Latin: Septem contra Thebas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea.[2] It concerns the battle between an Argive army, led by seven champions including Polynices who were called the Seven against Thebes, and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters. The trilogy won the first prize at the Athens City Dionysia.

Giorgos Orfanos

Eteocles

Antigoni Amanitou

Antigone

Nikos Zampetis

Kimon Rigopoulos

Minas Konstadopoulos

• Yannis TsarouchisDirector
• Giorgos OikonomouDirector
• AeschylusWriter

Release date

January 31, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Greek

Runtime

1h 28m