(in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc) (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country
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Thebes
(thēbz),USA pronunciation n. The•ba•ic
(thi bā′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
The•ban
(thē′bən),USA pronunciation adj., n.
- Ancient History, Place Namesan ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt.
- Place Names, Ancient Historya city of ancient Greece, in Boeotia: a rival of ancient Athens.
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'Thebes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abydos
- Adrastus
- Akhenaten
- Alcmaeon
- Amphiaraus
- Amphion
- Antigone
- Boeotia
- Cabiri
- Cadmus
- Capaneus
- Colossus of Memnon
- Creon
- Epaminondas
- Epigoni
- Eteocles
- Eteoclus
- Eurydice
- Hatshepsut
- Jocasta
- Karnak
- Laius
- Laodamas
- Leuctra
- Luxor
- Melanippus
- Memnon
- Menoeceus
- New Kingdom
- Niobe
- Oedipus
- Parthenopaeus
- Pelopidas
- Pentheus
- Polynices
- Seven against Thebes
- Sphinx
- Thebaid
- Tiresias
- Tydeus
- Valley of the Kings
- amen
- city-state
- sphinx
- thebaine