Thebes

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Thebes.
   alt-of, alternative, dated
2. A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
3. 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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Examples

“So in regard to the legends of Greece, — Troy, Thêbes, the Argonauts, the Boar of Kalydôn, Hêraklês, Thêseus, Œdipus, — the conviction still holds in men’s minds, that there must be something true at the bottom ; and many readers of this work⟳ may be displeased, I fear, not to see⟳ conjured up before them the Eidôlon of an authentic history, even though the vital spark of evidence be altogether wanting.¹”

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