Look up: Thebes

1. Thebes
   a Greek city that was the largest in the region of Boeotia; Thebes sided with the Persians against the Greeks in the Persian War and thus were greatly demoted in power after the war ended; Sparta allied itself with Thebes later when they sought help in their struggles against Athens; after the Pelop...
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2. Thebes
   [n] - an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
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3. Thebes
   Greek name of an ancient city (Niut-Amen) in Upper Egypt, on the Nile. Probably founded under the first dynasty, it was the centre of the worship of Amen, and the Egyptian capital under the New...
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4. Thebes
   Capital of Boeotia in ancient Greece. In the Peloponnesian War it was allied with Sparta against Athens. For a short time after 371 BC when Thebes defeated Sparta at Leuctra, it was the most...
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5. Thebes
   noun an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
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6. Thebes
   one of the famed cities of antiquity, the capital of the ancient Egyptian empire at its heyday. Thebes lay on either side of the Nile River at ... [13 related articles]
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7. Thebes
   major city of Boeotia nomós (department), northwest of Athens, Greece, and one of the chief cities and powers of ancient Greece. On the acropolis of ... [14 related articles]
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8. Thebes
   Thebes (thēbz) , city of ancient Egypt. Luxor and Karnak now occupy parts of its site. The city developed at a very early date from a number of small villages, particularly one around modern Luxor (then called Epet), but remained relatively obscure until the rise of the Theban family that esta...
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9. Thebes
   Thebes, chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. It was originally a Mycenaean city. Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus; the Seven against Thebes; Epigoni). Sometime before 1000 B.C., Thebes was settled by Boeotians and rapidly replaced Orchomenus as the regi...
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10. Thebes
    (Egypt) Click images to enlargeGreek name of an ancient city (Niut-Amen) in Upper Egypt, on the Nile. Probably founded under the first dynasty, it was the centre of the worship of Amen, and the Egyptian capital under the New Kingdom from ab...
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11. Thebes
    (Greece) Capital of Boeotia in ancient Greece. In the Peloponnesian War it was allied with Sparta against Athens. For a short time after 371 BC when Thebes defeated Sparta at Leuctra, it was the most powerful state in Greece. Alexander the Great destroyed it in 336 BC and although it was resto...
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12. Thebes
    Ancient name for the modern city of Luxor.
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13. Thebes
    the capital city of Egypt for most of the New Kingdom. It was on the site of the modern city of Luxor. The Valley of the Kings is opposite on the West Bank.
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14. Thebes
    Located on both banks of the River Nile, about 450 miles south of modern Cairo. Thebes is partly occupied today by the towns of Karnak and Luxor. Known to the Egyptians as No-Amon (“the city of Amon”), it was named Thebes by the Greeks, who also called it Diospolis (“heavenly city”). Thebe...
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