Mecisteus

Mekisteus

Son of Talaus and Lysimache. One of the Seven Against Thebes.

Genealogy

Lysimache

Talaus

Adrastus, Aristomachus, Eriphyle, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Pronax

Euryalus

Group

Seven against Thebes

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Cithaeron
  3. Nemea
  4. Trapezus
Events
  1. Adrastus musters an army and the Seven against Thebes
  2. Seven against Thebes stop for water at Nemea
  3. Hypsipyle leads the Seven against Thebes to a spring
  4. Adrastus and the Seven against Thebes kill a serpent and bury Opheltes
  5. Seven against Thebes arrive at Cithaeron
  6. Zeus kills Lycaon and his sons
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.13
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 565
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 676
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 28.7
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.5
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.10
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