Delphi - The statues of the «Seven against Thebes»
10) Statues of the «Seven against Thebes»
Period: approx. 456 B.C.
In 460 B.C. the Argives along with the Athenians defeated the Spartans in the battle of Oenoe and removed the prestigious icon of the «invincible» army.
With a tenth of the spoils, they created a votive called «Seven on Thebes». It presented the statues of the leaders of the mythical Argos expedition against Thebes with Polynices and Adrastus, Tydeus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopeus, as well as Amphiaraus with his chariot and Baton the charioteer.
According to Pausanias, the statues were created by the artists Hypatodoros and Aristogeiton.
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