Adrastos

Japanese: アドラストス（英語表記）Adrastos

A hero of Greek mythology, known as the commander of the Argos army led by seven generals who attacked Thebes. As king of Argos, he launched this expedition to help Polynices, the son of Oedipus who had fled from Thebes, to marry his daughter Argeia and to help him regain the throne from his brother Eteocles. However, the expedition ended in a disastrous failure, with six of his generals, including Polynices, killed in battle, and only Adrastus managed to escape thanks to the swift divine horse Areion. Ten years later, Adrastus participated in an expedition organized by the sons of the seven generals known as the Epigoni, which ended in a great victory for the Argos, but it is said that Adrastus died of heartbreak on the way home, as only his own son Aegialeus was killed in battle among the Epigoni.

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Japanese:

テーベを攻めた7将に率いられるアルゴス軍の総大将として知られるギリシア神話の英雄。アルゴス王であった彼は，テーベから亡命してきたオイディプスの子ポリュネイケスを娘のアルゲイアの婿に迎え，彼が兄弟のエテオクレスの手から王位を取戻すのを助けるため，この遠征を起した。しかし結果は無残な失敗に終り，ポリュネイケスをはじめ6人の大将が討死にをとげ，ただアドラストスだけが駿足の神馬アレイオンのおかげで，かろうじて逃げ帰ることができた。 10年後にアドラストスは，エピゴノイと呼ばれる7将の息子たちによって企てられた遠征に参加し，今度はアルゴス勢の大勝利で終ったが，エピゴノイたちのうち，ただ彼自身の息子アイギアレウスだけが戦死したため，帰国の途中で傷心のあまり死んだという。

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