Capaneus

In Greek mythology, Capaneus (/kəˈpæn.juːs/; Ancient Greek: Καπανεύς Kapaneús) was a son of Hipponous and either Astynome (daughter of Talaus)[2] or Laodice (daughter of Iphis),[3] and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.

[5] According to the legend, Capaneus had immense strength and body size and was an outstanding warrior.

[6] In Aeschylus, he bears a shield with a man without armour withstanding fire, a torch in hand, which reads 'I will burn the city,' in token of this.

While he was mounting the ladder, Zeus struck and killed Capaneus with a thunderbolt, and Evadne threw herself on her husband's funeral pyre and died.

[7] His story was told by Aeschylus in his play Seven Against Thebes,[8] by Euripides in his plays The Suppliants and The Phoenician Women,[9] and by the Roman poet Statius.