Eteocles: Meaning and Definition of

E•te•o•cles

Pronunciation: (i-tē'u-klēz"), [key]
— n. Class. Myth.
  1. a son of Oedipus and the brother of Polynices, by whom he was slain. Cf. Seven against Thebes (def. 1).
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