Thebes

(thēbz)

1. An ancient city of Upper Egypt on the Nile River in present-day central Egypt. It flourished from the mid-22nd to the 18th century bc as a royal residence and a religious center for the worship of Amun. Its archaeological remains include many splendid temples and the tomb of Tutankhamun in the nearby Valley of the Kings.

2. An ancient city of Boeotia in east-central Greece northwest of Athens. Originally a Mycenaean city, it reached the height of its power in the fourth century bc but was largely destroyed by Alexander in 336.

The′ban (thē′bən) adj. & n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Thebes

(θiːbz)

1. (Placename) (in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc)

2. (Placename) (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Thebes

(θibz)

n.

1. an ancient city in S Egypt, on the Nile, on the site of the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor.

2. a city of ancient Greece, in Boeotia.

The′ban, adj., n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Thebes - an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC Theban - an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
	2.	Thebes - an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC Boeotia - a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens Theban - a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes

Translations

Θήβα

Tebe

Thebes

[θiːbz] N → Tebas f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Thebes

[θiːbz] nsg → Tebe f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

But the entire range of heroic legend was open to these poets, and other clusters of epics grew up dealing particularly with the famous story of Thebes, while others dealt with the beginnings of the world and the wars of heaven.

The story was thence carried down to the end of the expedition under Polyneices, Adrastus and Amphiarus against Thebes. The "Epigoni" (ascribed to Antimachus of Teos) recounted the expedition of the `After-Born' against Thebes, and the sack of the city.

View in context

This man was very fond of Diocles, a victor in the Olympic games, and when he left his country from a disgust at an improper passion which his mother Alithoe had entertained for him, and settled at Thebes, Philolaus followed him, where they both died, and where they still show their tombs placed in view of each other, but so disposed, that one of them looks towards Corinth, the other does not; the reason they give for this is, that Diodes, from his detestation of his mother's passion, would have his tomb so placed that no one could see Corinth from it; but Philolaus chose that it might be seen from his: and this was the cause of their living at Thebes.

View in context

The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy, nevertheless they lost them.

View in context

These founded Thebes with its seven gates, and built a wall all round it; for strong though they were they could not hold Thebes till they had walled it.

He married her after having killed his father, but the gods proclaimed the whole story to the world; whereon he remained king of Thebes, in great grief for the spite the gods had borne him; but Epicaste went to the house of the mighty jailor Hades, having hanged herself for grief, and the avenging spirits haunted him as for an outraged mother--to his ruing bitterly thereafter.

View in context

In Bacchae, Euripides recounts the artival of Dionysus to Thebes to impose his worship, the bacchanalian cult.

New interpretation of ancient Greek drama

Based on Statius' classical Latin Thebaid, they say, it medievalizes the stories of Oedipus and Jocasta; Polynices and Etiocles; Antigone, Creon, and Theseus; and the Siege of Thebes. It complicates the Trojan-based account of European identity by adding African and Muslim allies for Thebes, suggesting that Europe is not forged simply in opposition to Islam.

The Romance of Thebes

What name is given to the burial place of Egyptian pharaohs such as Tutankhamun near Thebes? 8.

Quiz

The other occupants in the car -- Mikayla Zlotnicki, 20, of Thebes, Adam Sanders, 19, of Du Quoin, and Alexis Taylor, 18, of Murphysboro, were uninjured.

One teen injured in single-vehicle accident in county

In Greek legend, which king of Thebes married his mother and killed his father?

QUIZ