Seven Against Thebes was one of the most important myths of antiquity: in The Iliad, Agamemnon and Diomedes kept referring to its heroes as their personal ideals. For the next two thousand years, it was the subject of countless poetic and dramatic works. One of Europe's best-selling authors of books on antiquity discusses the myth, its roots in the Bronze Age, its historical traces and interpretations, the literature it has given rise to, and its...