οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality
Ἐπῐγονοι the seven descendants of the Seven against Thebes. 1 ὁπότ' ἀπ Ἄργεος ἤλυθον δευτέραν ὁδὸν Ἐπίγονοι (P. 8.42)