Thebes (/ˈθiːbz/; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest...

named Thebes after them: Thebe, daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was said to have consorted with Zeus. Amphion and Zethus named Boeotian Thebes after...

early 12th, 17th and early 18th Dynasties Thebes, Greece, a city in Boeotia Phthiotic Thebes or Thessalian Thebes, an ancient city at Nea Anchialos Thebae...

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...

the Greeks distinguished the Egyptian Thebes as "Thebes of the Hundred Gates" (Θῆβαι ἑκατόμπυλοι, Thēbai hekatómpyloi) or "Hundred-Gated Thebes", as...

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...

The Sacred Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερός Λόχος, Hierós Lókhos) was a troop of select soldiers. According to some ancient Greek claims, 150 pairs...

War a generation earlier. In 371 BC, the newly established democracy of Thebes had elected four Boeotarchs, the traditional title of the generals of the...

hundred years of Greek victories against Persia. Sparta then tried to further weaken the power of Thebes, which led to a war in which Thebes allied with its...

of Thebes (also Roufos) (Greek: Ῥοῦφος) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples in Eastern Orthodox tradition. He was bishop of Thebes in Greece, and...

Cadmeia (Greek: Καδμεία, Kadmía), was the citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece, which was named after Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes. The area...

Its capital is Livadeia, and its largest city is Thebes. Boeotia was also a region of ancient Greece, from before the 6th century BC. Boeotia lies to...

The Thebes tablets, with inscriptions in Mycenaean Greek using Linear B, were discovered in Thebes, Greece. They belong to the Late Helladic IIIB context...

"Thebean" (with stress on the first syllable) refer to the city of Thebes, Greece. Cooper Murray et al. 2006. Thomas Burns et al. 1998. Burns Simonelli...

people (2021 census). Thebes is sixteen kilometers away and Athens 70 km away, via the old national road. There are bus lines from Thebes to Lefktra and vice...

to: A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, Greece. A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, Egypt. The occult Theban alphabet This disambiguation...

Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008. Ieronymos served as Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia, abbot of...

The dynastic history of Thebes in Greek mythology is crowded with a bewildering number of kings between the city's new foundation (by Cadmus) and the...

Thebe Hypoplakia (Ancient Greek: Ὑποπλακίη Θήβη, romanized: Hypoplakíē Thḗbē), also Cilician Thebe (Ancient Greek: Κιλικιακή Θήβη, romanized: Kiliakí...

(/ˈkriːɒn/; Ancient Greek: Κρέων, romanized: Kreōn, lit. 'ruler'), is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus...

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...

In Greek mythology, Cadmus (/ˈkædməs/; Greek: Κάδμος, translit. Kádmos) was the legendary Greek hero and founder of Boeotian Thebes. He was, alongside...

entire army. They attributed this group called the Sacred Band of Thebes for making Thebes the most powerful city-state for a generation until its fall to...

eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece. 1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War. c. 1250...

opera by Dominique Le Gendre. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus King of Thebes, Greece, learns that her two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles have killed each...

Seven Against Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας, Hepta epi Thēbas; Latin: Septem contra Thebas) is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced...

Sicyon, a king of Sicyon and son of Hermes Polybus of Thebes, a king of Thebes Polynices, a king of Thebes and son of Oedipus; he and his brother Eteocles killed...

Parthenopaeus was persuaded by Adrastus to join in the war against Thebes. During the attack on Thebes, Parthenopaeus was the assailant on the Electran Gates, or...

Thespies, and raised in Thebes, Bogris has three younger sisters. He had a long-term personal relationship with the famous Greek singer Elli Kokkinou, from...

the eldest daughter of Cadmus, the king and founder of the city of Thebes, Greece, and of the goddess Harmonia. Her sisters were Autonoë, Ino and Semele...