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ETHIOCLES. Eteocles, son of Oedipus and brother of Polynices, refused to give up the Theban throne when his turn came to step down. Polynices attacked Thebes with the help of his father-in-law, Adrastus of Argos, and six other Greek chieftains. Statius's Thebaid (A.D. 91) and the twelfth-century Roman de Thèbes are the main sources for the story.

The war against Ethiocles appears in Tr V.1457-1512, when Cassandra interprets Troilus's dream of the boar. [Adrastus: Amphiorax: Campaneus: Hemonydes: Ipomedon: Parthonope: Polymyte: Tydeus]

Ethiocles, the OF variant, appears initially, Tr V.1507, and in final rhyming position, Tr V.1489. Intrusive h after t was not pronounced.

Statius, Thebaid, ed. and trans. J.H. Mozley; Roman de Thèbes, ed. L. Constans; Roman de Thèbes (The Story of Thebes), trans. J.S. Coley.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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