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Polynices

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Pol·y·ni·ces  (pl-nsz)
n. Greek Mythology
A son of Oedipus and Jocasta for whom an expedition against Thebes was raised.
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He came once to Mycenae, not as an enemy but as a guest, in company with Polynices to recruit his forces, for they were levying war against the strong city of Thebes, and prayed our people for a body of picked men to help them.
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