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{{Short description|Mythological prince of Thebes}} {{About|a mythological character|the genus of sea snails|Polinices}} [[File:Benjamin-Constant Antigone au chevet de Polynice (2007 6 1).jpg|right|thumb|300px|Antigone on the side of Polynices, [[Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant]], 1868]] In [[Greek mythology]], '''Polynices''' (also '''Polyneices''') ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|n|aɪ|s|iː|z}}; {{langx|grc|Πολυνείκης|Polyneíkes| lit= manifold strife' or 'much strife}}<ref>{{cite book| first= Robin | last= Hard| title= The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology | year= 2004 | publisher= Routledge| page=| isbn= 0415186366}}<br /></ref>) was the son of [[Oedipus]] and either [[Jocasta]] or [[Euryganeia]] and the older brother of [[Eteocles]].<ref>{{cite book| author= Sophocles| author-link= Sophocles | title= Oedipus at Colonus| edition= | publisher= | translator= | page= }}</ref> When Oedipus was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother, Oedipus was expelled from [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]], leaving Eteocles and Polynices to rule. Because of a curse put on them by their father, the two sons did not share the rule peacefully. During a battle for control over Thebes, the brothers killed each other.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/oedipus/summary.html|title=The Oedipus Plays| publisher= | website= [[SparkNotes]].com |access-date= December 8, 2012}}</ref>
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