haʊˈɛvɚ, kənfjˈuːʒən ɪz pˈɑːsᵻbəl wɪððə mˈʌtʃ lˈeɪɾɚ lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi pˈoʊɪt ˌæntɪmˈætʃəs ʌv kˈɑːlɑːfən sˈiː. fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd bˌiːsˈiː, hˌuː ɹˈoʊt ɐn ˈɛpɪk θˈɛbaɪz ˌɔn wʌt mˈʌstɐv bˌɪn ɐn ˌoʊvɚlˈæpɪŋ sˈʌbdʒɛkt.
However, confusion is possible with the much later literary poet Antimachus of Colophon (c. 400 BC), who wrote an epic Thebais on what must have been an overlapping subject.