- hekatompyloi) in
Egypt (Iliad, IX.383). In the late 6th
century BC, the
Thebans were
brought for the
first time into
hostile contact with the Athenians...
-
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...
-
their waning ascendancy by a
decisive defeat of the
Thebans. At Leuctra, in Boeotia, the
Thebans comprehensively defeated an
invading Spartan army. Out...
- into
Chaeronea then halted,
perhaps hoping that the
Thebans might change their mind. The
Thebans however were
committed to a fight.
Cleombrotus then moved...
- back
without engaging the
Thebans.
Another army
under Agesilaus II was then
dispatched to
attack the
Thebans. However, the
Thebans refused to meet the Spartan...
- The
Theban Necropolis (Arabic: مدينة طيبة الجنائزية, romanized: Madīnat Ṭaybah al-Janāʼizīyah) is a
necropolis on the west bank of the Nile,
opposite Thebes...
- 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...
- The
Theban alphabet, also
known as the witches' alphabet, is a
writing system,
specifically a
substitution cipher of the
Latin script, that was used by...
-
determining the
total number of
soldiers involved,
estimated that the
Thebans martyred at
Agaunum consisted of but one
cohort whose number did not exceed...
-
Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are
generally known as the
Theban plays,
though each was part of a
different tetralogy (the
other members...
