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Epigoni
In Greek mythology, Epigoni (; from , meaning "offspring") are the sons of the Argive heroes who had fought and been killed in the first Theban war, the subject of the "Thebaid", in which Polynices and six allies (the Seven Against Thebes) attacked Thebes because Polynices' brother, Eteocles, refused to give up the throne as promised. The second Theban war, also called the war of the Epigoni, occurred ten years later, when the Epigoni, wishing to avenge the death of
", his term), about 278 BC, and the "Epigoni Period" ("Epigonenzeit"), which ran to about 220 BC. He also called the Diadochi Period "the Diadochi War Period" ("Zeit der Diadochenkämpfe"). The Epigoni he defined as "Sons of the Diadochi" ("Diadochensöhne"). These were the second generation of Diadochi rulers. In an 1843 work, "History of the Epigoni" ("Geschichte der Epigonen") he details the kingdoms of the Epigoni