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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 their fathers, attacked Thebes.
