In
Greek mythology,
Polynices (
Greek: Πολυνείκης,
transl. Polyneíkes, "manifold strife") was the son of
Oedipus and
Jocasta. His wife was
Argea. His father, Oedipus, was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother, and was expelled from
Thebes, leaving his sons
Eteocles and Polynices to rule. Because of a curse put on them by their father Oedipus, the sons Polynices and Eteocles did not share the rule peacefully and died as a result by killing each other in a battle for the control of Thebes.
