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While this group feasts, a spear turns into a tree after an eagle drops it from a great height, marking where one of its members will die. That member of this group, along with his chariot, is swallowed by the earth before Periclymenus (10[1])can kill him. Athena denies another member of this group an immortality potion after seeing him grab a severed head and eat brains. This group’s members (10[2])dip their hands in blood to swear an oath on the hide of a sacrificed bull. The divine horse Arion saves this group’s leader and only survivor, as related in an epic by Statius. The Epigoni (“eh-PIG-oh-nee”) are sons of this group’s members, including Amphiaraus (“am-fee-uh-RAY-us”), Tydeus, and their leader (-5[1])Adrastus. A play by Aeschylus (“ESS-kuh-luss”) is named after, for points, what group of warriors who united to defeat Eteocles (10[1])(“ee-TEE-oh-kleez”) and his city? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Seven Against Thebes [or Hepta epi Thēbas; or Septem contra Thebas] (Statius wrote the Thebaid.)
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