), a son of Hipponous and Astynome or Laodice, the daughter of Iphis. (Hyg. Fab. 70
; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen.
181; ad Pind. Nern.
He was married to Euadne or laneira, who is also called a daughter of Iphis, and by whom he became the father of Sthenelus. (Schol. ad Pind. Ol.
6.46; Apollod. 3.10.8
He was one of the seven heroes who marched from Argos against Thebes, where he had his station at the Ogygian or Electrian gate. (Apollod. 3.6.6
; Aeschyl. Sept. c. Theb.
423; Paus. 9.8.3
.) During the siege of Thebes, he was presumptuous enough to say, that even the fire of Zeus should not prevent his scaling the walls of the city; but when he was ascending the ladder, Zeus struck him with a flash of lightning. (Comp. Eur. Phoen. 1172
, &c.; comp. Soph. Antig.
133; Apollod. 3.6.7
; Ov. Met. 9.404
.) While his body was burning, his wife Euadne leaped into the flames and destroyed herself. (Apollod. 3.7.1
; Eur. Supp. 983
, &c.; Philostr. Icon.
2.31; Ov. Ars Am.
3.21; Hyg. Fab. 243
.) Capaneus is one of those heroes whom Asclepius was believed to have called back into life. (Apollod. 3.10.3
.) At Delphi there was a statue of Capaneus dedicated by the Argives. (Paus. 10.10.2