Polynices

[ pol-uh-nahy-seez ]

/ ˌpɒl əˈnaɪ siz /

noun Classical Mythology.

a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.

Example sentences from the Web for polynices

But the unhappy Polynices bending together his side and his bowels falls weltering in blood.

The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. |Euripides
Tydeus arrives at the same spot, and Polynices is unwilling that he should share the shelter.

The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 |Alexander Pope
In front the propodium is very large, forming, as in Natica and Polynices, a sort of plow.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
Who can think of that contest between the two brothers Eteocles and Polynices without abhorrence?

Charles Sumner; his complete works; Volume 2 (of 20) |Charles Sumner

Single combat between Eteocles and Polynices; both are slain (1506-8).

Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for polynices

Polynices

/ (ˌpɒlɪˈnaɪsiːz) /

noun

Greek myth a son of Oedipus and Jocasta, for whom the Seven Against Thebes sought to regain Thebes. He and his brother Eteocles killed each other in single combat before its walls

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Polynices

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