(), a son of Hipponous and Astynome or Laodice,
the daughter of Iphis. (Hyg. Fab. 70; Schol. ad
Eurip. Phoen. 181; ad Pind. Nern. 9.30.) 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.)