Character of Capaneus

Seest thou this stately one, through whom the bolt Of Jove hath wig'd its way? -'Tis Capaneus- His means were ample; but his noble mind Never grew haughty, or puff'd up by wealth. He was a man true both to absent friends And present ones, -a merit rarely met with. Guileless in manners, and in his address Most affable and kind. His plighted word He never broke to slave or citizen.