Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. The Background of the Seven Against Thebes -- III. The Story of the Seven Against Thebes: Excursus on Primogeniture -- IV. The Imagery of Ships and Water: Excursus on the Language of Irrigation -- V. The Horse Imagery -- VI. The Debt to Earth -- VII. Conclusion -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF CITED PASSAGES OF THE SEPTEMweiterlesen