Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Talaus.
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus' Argive stemma — Talaus as son of Bias and father of Adrastus, the Aeolid link that puts the Seven Against Thebes under Argive command.
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Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
Aeschylus' siege drama runs on Adrastus' army — Talaus remains the genealogical father of the Argive king who leads the Seven.
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Adrastus
King of Argos who led the Seven — son of Talaus in the standard stemma that joins the Aeolids to the Theban war.
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Talaus
Argive king of the Aeolid line — father of Adrastus and hinge between Bias' house and the expedition against Thebes.