Editing Tydeus (section)

====Gathering of the Seven====
While housing Tydeus, King Adrastus of Argos also lodged [[Polynices]], the exiled son of [[Oedipus]] who had shared the rule of [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]] with his brother [[Eteocles]] before he was expelled by the latter. Late one night, the two young exiles got into a fierce dispute over the guest room in Adrastus's palace. Awakened by the clamor, Adrastus rushed to the hall to find the two men locked in a brawl. It was then that Adrastus recalled a prophecy that had instructed him to "yoke his daughters to a boar and a lion".<ref name="auto">Apollodorus 3.6 (p. 51 ''Anthology of Classical Myth'' Translated by Stephen M. Trzaskoma)</ref> Adrastus recognized Tydeus as the boar and Polynices as the lion (either by the ferocious manner in which they fought, the animals emblazoned on their shields,<ref name="auto"/> or the animal skins they wore<ref>Hyginus (p. 237 ''Anthology of Classical Myth'' Translated by Stephen M. Trzaskoma)</ref>) and wed his daughters to them, keeping them as his sons-in-law in Argos.

Through marriage into Adrastus's family, Polynices and Tydeus became princes of Argos, had children, and generally lived well. Adrastus promised that he would help restore their kingdoms to them (or in other versions of the myth, Polynices asks Adrastus to help him take back Thebes)<ref>Hyginus (p. 237 ''Anthology of Classical Myth'' Translated by Stephen M. Trzaskoma).</ref> and he organized the expedition of the [[Seven against Thebes]], and their army raised from Argolis (the area around Argos), the largest army that had ever appeared in Greece to that time.