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thebes
/θibz/
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What does thebes mean?
noun
- plural of thebe
proper noun
- A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
- An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
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IPA pronunciation
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Children were born to them and Thebes prospered under his rule, but again a grievous plague fell upon the city.
"I defy Rome, Sparta, or Thebes," he would say, "to show me thirty years of such patriotism as Corsica can boast!"
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Thus the city of Thebes, which had not yet been ten years restored, in that short space was twice besieged and taken.
He shall see Thebes again, and call to arms The bold young men that, when he bids ’em charge, Fall on like fire.
I have sometimes wished I knew the exact site of Thebes, so that I could rise in the audience, and stop that question, at any rate.