Greek mythology
Amphiaraus
The seer who knew the war would kill him
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Heroes
- Appears in
- The Seven Against Thebes
Amphiaraus is the prophet-warrior of Argos who foresees that the march of the Seven against Thebes will end in his own death, and tries to refuse. Betrayed by his wife Eriphyle, bribed with a cursed necklace, he is forced to ride to war. As he flees the rout, Zeus splits the earth with a thunderbolt and swallows him alive, chariot and all, to become an oracle of the dead.
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