In your own words and simple language, briefly summarize the meaning of this next portion of the First Choral Ode:
CHORUS LEADER
Seven captains at seven gates
matched against seven equal warriors
paid Zeus their full bronze tribute,
the god who turns the battle tide,
all but that pair of wretched men,
born of one father and one mother, too—
who set their conquering spears against each other
and then both shared a common death.
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It talks about seven soldiers from seven different armies who offered their tribute to the god Zeus before a battle. However, two brothers from the same family fought against each other and both died.