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Thebes
[theebz]
noun
an 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.
a city of ancient Greece, in Boeotia: a rival of ancient Athens.
Thebes
/ θː /
noun
(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
Other 51Թ Forms
- Thebaic adjective
- Theban adjective
Example Sentences
A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.
The play is set in a mythical prehistory, in the city of Thebes.
“Jenny From Thebes” is a rich and rewarding listen, but for the uninitiated it would be a strange place to start.
“Before the Titanic, I was traveling in Egypt, a place called Thebes,” the man said.
The stiff family of King Pentheus of Thebes gathers around a dinner table, in outrageously camp makeup and costumes, and await the arrival of a meteor that might destroy the earth.
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