Reading Seven Against Thebes | Alexandria
Read Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus. Pitting brother against brother, "Seven Against Thebes" reveals how cursed bloodlines and blind ambition spark civil war: two sons of Oedipus battle for Thebes' throne, proving family feuds destroy nations. Yet Aeschylus flips expectations - it's proud Eteocles, defender of the city, whose hubris proves most fatal, not the exiled attacker Polynices.