In Greek mythology, Hippomedon was one of the Seven Against Thebes and father of Polydorus. He lived near the lake Lerne in Peloponessus and was described as a very tall man. In one version, he kills the dragon or the great serpent the Seven encounter in the Nemean forest. In the attack on Thebes, he is one of the last to fall, slain by the Theban warrior Ismaros. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... The Oath of the Seven Chiefs, an 1897 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church Seven Against Thebes is a play by Aeschylus concerning the battle between Eteocles and the army of Thebes and Polynices and his supporters, traditional Theban enemies. ... In Greek mythology, Polydorus referred to three different people. ...