• Turkey Thebes (Ionia), in Asia Minor Cilician Thebe, a.k.a. Thebe Hypoplakia, a mythological city in the Trojan Cilicia, near the Troad Thebes, Illinois...
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    Thēbais, i.e. "at Thebes", Thebes in the dative-locative case), 𐀳𐀣𐀆, te-qa-de, for *Tʰēgʷasde (Θήβασδε, Thēbasde, i.e. "to Thebes"), and 𐀳𐀣𐀊, te-qa-ja...
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    In 1979, the ruins of ancient Thebes were classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The Egyptian name for Thebes was wꜣs.t, "City of the wꜣs", the...
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  • as Thebes in English - see Thebes (disambiguation) Thebe (moon), a moon of Jupiter Thebe (currency), 1/100 of a Botswana pula Thebe, an Amazon Thebe, alternate...
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    left for Thebes. On his way, he met an older man, who was (unbeknownst to him) his father, and killed him in a quarrel. Continuing on to Thebes, he found...
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  • The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερός Λόχος, Hierós Lókhos) was a troop of select soldiers, consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed...
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    Antigone (redirect from Antigone of Thebes)
    city of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. Both brothers were killed in the battle. King Creon, who has ascended to the throne of Thebes after...
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    The Seven against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains...
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    Κάδμος, translit. Kádmos) was the legendary Phoenician founder of Boeotian Thebes. He was, alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, the greatest hero and slayer...
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    The Battle of Thebes took place between Alexander the Great and the Greek city-state of Thebes in 335 BC immediately outside of and in the city proper...
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    classical ages to Thebes as a polis (city-state), are connected with the Homeric tradition. However, Quintus Curtius Rufus refers to Thebes as "urbs", retrospectively...
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    was said to have founded Thebes and brought the alphabet to Greece Dionysus and Semele Narcissus Heracles, who was born in Thebes The Theban Cycle, including...
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  • deity of Thebes after the end of the First Intermediate Period, under the 11th Dynasty. As the patron of Thebes, his spouse was Mut. In Thebes, Amun as...
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    The Thebes Courthouse in Thebes, Illinois, is the former county courthouse of Alexander County. Plans to build the courthouse began in 1845, when the...
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    Welcome to Thebes, Creon's widow Eurydice is portrayed as President of Thebes following his death. Seamus Heaney's The Burial at Thebes (2004) includes...
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    retrieved 2023-08-27 "St. Paul of Thebes, Church's first known hermit, honored Jan. 15". "Venerable Paul of Thebes". Agaiby, Elizabeth (2018-10-22). The...
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  • Nicomachus of Thebes (Greek: Νικόμαχος; fl. 4th century BC) was an ancient Greek painter, a native of Thebes, and a contemporary of the great painters...
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    Thebe /ˈθiːbiː/, also known as Jupiter XIV, is the fourth of Jupiter's moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott in images...
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    and Thebes was placed under Spartan control. In 378 BC, the reaction to Spartan control over Thebes was broken by a popular uprising within Thebes. Elsewhere...
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  • Queen of Thebes can refer to: Nycteïs, wife of Polydorus Jocasta, wife/mother of Oedipus Ino (Greek mythology), daughter of Cadmus Niobe, wife of Amphion...
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  • Μεγαρέας) or Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) was a warrior of Thebes, who figures in the war of the Seven against Thebes – the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices...
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    the legendary history of Thebes. In The Bacchae, by Euripides, Tiresias appears with Cadmus, the founder and first king of Thebes, to warn the current king...
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  • Goats Announce New Album Jenny From Thebes, Share New Song". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 20, 2023. "Jenny from Thebes, by the Mountain Goats". Bandcamp....
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    Crates (Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC) of Thebes was a Greek Cynic philosopher, the principal pupil of Diogenes of Sinope and the husband...
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    Rufus of Thebes (Greek: Ῥοῦφος ό Θηβαίος) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples in Eastern Orthodox tradition. He was bishop of Thebes in Greece, and...
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    The Romance of Thebes (Le Roman de Thèbes) is a poem of some 10,000 lines that appears to be based on an abridged version of the Thebaid of Statius. This...
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    settlement that would become Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes during the reign of Amphion...
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    Xenophon of Athens (/ˈzɛnəfən, ˈziːnə-, -ˌfɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ξενοφῶν; c. 430 – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and...
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    The sack of Thebes took place in 663 BC in the city of Thebes at the hands of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under king Ashurbanipal, then at war with the Kushite...
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    Thebes was established in 1835. At first it was known as Sparhawk Landing. It was the county seat of Alexander County from 1846 until 1859. Thebes, like...
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