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Definition of Theban

Theban
Theban The"ban, a. [L. Thebanus.] Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. --J. Bryant.

Meaning of Theban from wikipedia

- The Theban alphabet is a writing system, in particular a substitution cipher of the Latin alphabet, used by early modern occultists and po****r in the...
- Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays, though each was part of a different tetralogy (the other members...
- Theban can refer 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...
- The Theban Legion (also known as the Martyrs of Agaunum) figures in Christian hagiography as an entire Roman legion — of "six thousand six hundred and...
- Athens, and sided with the Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes. Theban forces under the command of Epaminondas ended the power of Sparta at the...
- The Theban Necropolis is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of...
- consisting of 150 pairs of male lovers which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC, ending Spartan domination. Its predominance...
- The Theban Cycle (Gr****: Θηβαϊκὸς Κύκλος) is a collection of four lost epics of ancient Gr**** literature which tells the mythological history of the Boeotian...
- The Theban hegemony lasted from the Theban victory over the Spartans at Leuctra in 371 BC to their defeat of a coalition of Peloponnesian armies at Mantinea...
- The Theban Triad is a triad of Egyptian gods most po****r in the area of Thebes, Egypt. The group consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu...
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