abstract:In Greek mythology, Capaneus was a son of Hipponous and either Astynome (daughter of Talaus)Hyginus, Fabulae, 70 or Laodice (daughter of Iphis),Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 189; on Pindar, Nemean Ode 9. 30 and husband of Evadne, with whom he fathered Sthenelus.