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Thebaid logo #10101) Epic poem in Latin
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #21000 The Thebaid or Thebais (Θηβαΐς, Thēbaïs) is the region of ancient Egypt containing the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. It acquired its name from its proximity to the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes. In Ptolemaic Egypt, the Thebaid formed a single administrative district under the Epistrategos of Thebes,...
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #21000[Greek poem] The Thebaid or Thebais (Θηβαΐς, Thēbais) is an Ancient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship (see Cyclic poets) sometimes attributed by early writers to Homer. It told the story of the war between the brothers Eteocles and Polynices, and was regarded as forming part of a Theban Cycle. Only fragments of the text survive...
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #21000[Latin poem] The Thebaid (Latin: Thebais) is a Latin epic in twelve books written in dactylic hexameter by Publius Papinius Statius (AD c. 45 – c. 96). The poem deals with the Theban cycle and treats the assault of the seven champions of Argos against the city of Thebes. ==Composition== Based on Statius` own testimony, the Thebaid was wri...
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #21002• (n.) A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #21003(from the article `Statius`) Statius completed one epic, the 12-book Thebaid, but only two books of another, the Achilleid. The Thebaid, a more ambitious work, describes the ...
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Thebaid

Thebaid logo #20972The'ba·id noun [ Latin Thebais , - idis .] A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Bœotia.
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