Epigoni
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐπίγονοι, οἱ.
Wikipedia EN
In Greek mythology, the Epigoni or Epigonoi (/ɪˈpɪɡənaɪ/; from Greek: Ἐπίγονοι, meaning "offspring") are the sons of the Argive heroes, the Seven against Thebes, who had fought and been killed in the first Theban war, the subject of the Thebaid, in which Polynices and his allies 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 their fathers, attacked Thebes.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ĕpĭgŏni: ōrum, m., = Ἐπίγονοι,
I the After-born.
I The sons of the seven heroes who went together against Thebes, Hyg. Fab. 71; as the name of a tragedy of Aeschylus, translated into Latin by Attius, Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 18; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; id. Off. 1, 31, 114.—
II The children of the soldiers of Alexander the Great by Asiatic women, Just. 12, 4 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ĕpĭgŏnī,¹⁶ ōrum, m. (Ἐπίγονοι), Épigones [descendants des sept héros grecs qui dirigèrent la première expédition contre Thèbes et y périrent ; titre d’une tragédie d’Eschyle traduite en latin par Accius : Cic. Opt. 18 || nom donné aux enfants des soldats d’Alexandre mariés en Asie : Just. 12, 4, 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
Epigonī, ōrum, m. (επίγονοι), die Nachkommen, von den nachgebliebenen Söhnen der sieben gegen Theben vereinigten u. vor dieser Stadt gefallenen Fürsten, welche zehn Jahre darauf den Krieg erneuerten, Hyg. fab. 71. – dah. Name einer Tragödie des Äschylus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 60, die Accius zu einer gleichn. latein. benutzte, Cic. de off. 1, 114; de opt. gen. 18.
