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| | House of Thebes |
 | | Genealogy: House of Thebes and the Houses of Seers. | | | Polydorus was king of Thebes and the only son of Cadmus. | | | When his divine cousin, Dionysus, came to Thebes and wanted to establish his centre of worship in the city, Pentheus had not only refused, he forbade any man or woman to participate in their rite. |
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| | the atrium golden threads social history patron god of thebes |
| | Tisiphone is certainly not the patron deity of Thebes in the Thebaid: she along with the other Furies are portrayed as vindictive and merciless deities who inspire men to violence and is directly responsible, for instance, for the duel between Polynices and Eteocles. | | | Anyway, for Thebes, I would have said the central state god was surely Dionysos: see Pausanias, who says, in connection with the House of Cadmus on the Cadmea that "there is also a story that along with the thunderbolt hurled at the bridal chamber of Semele, there fell a log from heaven. | | | Based on Statius' Thebaid, one might say that Tisiphone is the patron god of Thebes. |
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| | Thebes, Greek Mythology Link. |
| | His successor Polydorus 2, a son of Cadmus, became king of Thebes and married Nycteis, who was the daughter of a Boeotian king, Nycteus 2. | | | Some affirm that Antiope 3, before being abducted by Epopeus 1, was Lycus 5's wife, and that before she was taken back to Thebes she had given birth to twins who were not the sons of Epopeus 1 but Zeus' children, as the god had approached her in the form of a Satyr. | | | The founder of Thebes is Cadmus, who occupied the land that until then had belonged to the Ectenes, ruled by Ogygus. |
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| | Thebes, Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar. | | | No details of the earlier history of Thebes have been preserved, except that it was governed by a land-holding aristocracy who safeguarded their integrity by rigid statutes about the ownership of property and its transmission. | | | A revulsion of feeling was completed in 338 by the orator Demosthenes, who persuaded Thebes to join Athens in a final attempt to bar Philip's advance upon Attica. |
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| | Thebes |
| | It was the failed attempt by Thebes, a few years later, in 431, in violation of the Thirty Year Peace of 446 between Athens and Sparta, to recapture the Boeotian city of Platæa, which had remained a faithful ally of Athens, which marked the start of the Peloponesian war (see Thucydides, II, 2, sq). | | | Yet Antigone, their sister, who had come back to Thebes after the death of Oedipus at Colonus, refused to obey the decree and to let her brother without burial rites, prefering to honor the gods rather than to obey the law. | | | When the relations between Athens and Sparta started deteriorating, Thebes sided with the later and contributed to the defeat of Athens at the battle of Tanagra in 457, only to be defeated by Athens at Oenophita two months later after the Spartans had returned home (see Thucydides, I, 107-108). |
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| | History of Thebes |
| | Amphiaraos worshipped as god at Thebes, Oropos and Argos and for many centuries was giving prophetic answers to peoples questions. | | | Making use of their lyre, which had been taught from the god Hermes, they started building the walls of Thebes, the stones moving by themselves, obeying the rhythm of their song. | | | The city of Thebes, which had not taken any serious part in the Peloponnesian war, was prospering but as was usual with all the Greek cities, was torn inside from the fights of oligarchs and democrats. |
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| | Thebes on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus ; the Seven against Thebes ; Epigoni). | | | Thebes joined Athens against Philip II of Macedon and shared in the defeat at Chaeronea (338 BC). | | | Thebes supported Sparta against Athens in the Peloponnesian War but, fearing Spartan territorial ambitions, withdrew this support and joined (394 BC) the confederation against Sparta. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thebes (Thebais Secunda) |
| | It is thought that Jeremias (xlvi, 25) and Ezechiel (xxx, 14-16) allude to the two campaigns of Nabuchodonosor against Thebes, which took place in 583 and 588 B.C. Originally a mere borough, Thebes grew by degrees, and as early as the twelfth dynasty its sovereigns dominated Egypt. | | | Thebes is mentioned three times in the Bible under the name of No-Amon in the Hebrew text, which the Vulgate each time renders incorrectly by Alexandria. | | | When the sovereigns of Thebes had become degenerate they were replaced by the priests of the god Amon, who constituted themselves the twenty-first dynasty. |
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| | Seven Against Thebes |
| | Seven Against Thebes refers to the ill-fated expedition against the city of Thebes undertaken by seven chieftains and their followers under the leadership of Adrastus, king of Argos, and Polynices, the son of Oedipus and the rightful ruler of Thebes. | | | Aeschylus wrote Seven Against Thebes, Euripides wrote Suppliants and Phoenician Women, and Sophocles wrote Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Tyrannus. | | | The seven gates of Thebes were defended by seven Theban champions, including one gate, which Eteocles chose to defend himself. |
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| | Greek Travelogue - Thebes |
| | Years later, he made his assault in the famous battle of Seven Against Thebes. | | | I imagine Thebes falling in the evening, the warriors swarming over the walls and through the gates, the city burning all night and the next morning, the black charcoal still smoldering, pieces of huge wood beams standing stark and black against the morning sky, a midnight blackness the sun could not erase. | | | Not until two shepherds, one from Thebes who took baby Oedipus from Jocasta and the other who gave him to the king of Corinth, were brought forward was the irrefutable truth revealed. |
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| | Luqsor: One Hundred Gates to Thebes |
| | Wenamun, the priest of Amun, moved from Thebes to Byblus, around 1075 BCE, and found strange that Tsekker Baal of Byblus did not comply with his request for valuable cedar wood, necessary for the construction of the holy boat of Amun, and did not fear, when hearing the name of the past glories. | | | At the crepuscule of the Antiquity, the Roman Emperor Germanicus had an exclusive and extensive itinerary in the ruins of Thebes, where he was initiated in the great mysteries of the glorious past by one of the very few last priests, who were still versant in hieroglyphics. | | | Ruined, Thebes did not forfeit any part of its importance and was rather integrated in an entire commercial net of land, fluvial, desert and maritime routes that was established by the Persian conquerors, who wished to link the parts of their vast empire in a definite way. |
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| | Enjoying "The Seven Against Thebes", by Aeschylus |
| | There are many versions of "The Seven Against Thebes", including the names of the "seven" leaders. | | | The Seven Against Thebes kill a bull on a black shield and all dip their hands in the blood, swearing to take the city or die trying. | | | The Seven Against Thebes swear either to take the city or fertilize the soil with their blood. |
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| | Seven Against Thebes |
| | The Seven Against Thebes was the famous war between the Argive army led by seven champions and the city of Thebes. | | | In Aeschylus' play, Seven Against Thebes, Eteocles went to defend the seventh gate, and knew that he would die by his brother's hand, as he knew from the prophecy that he would slay his own brother. | | | In the battle that followed, Laodamas, the son of Eteocles and king of Thebes, killed Aegialeus. |
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| | The Siege of Thebes: Introduction |
| | Theseus leaves immediately for Thebes and slays Creon; the poem ends with the Argive women reclaiming the bodies of their husbands and sons. | | | It is the betrayal of this pledge that persuades the Greek kings to join Adrastus and his sons-in-law to attack Thebes. | | | Berry, Gregory L. "Chaucer's Mnemonic Verses and the Siege of Thebes in Troilus and Criseyde." English Language Notes 17 (1979), 90-93. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Thebes |
| | "Thebes" is about what it really meant to be an Egyptian: their way of life, their day to day spirituality, their beliefs regarding the afterlife, etc. Books like this are hard to find! | | | Thebes is a beautiful full color book on Ancient Egypt that gives the reader an in depth understanding of the pyramids, hieroglyphs, mummification, reincarnation, initiation and magic. | | | Thebes can give you an insight into the life of the inhabitants of this ancient city. |
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| | Thebes dominates |
| | Sparta, Athens and some other states go to the Great King and seek aid against Thebes, but Pelopidas is more convincing. | | | At Thebes: Epaminondas in disgrace --he had refused to garrison cities of new allies or to tamper with their constitutions (note: loyalty judged by constitutional form). | | | Restricted by limitations of Thebes, the citizens simply did not have the cultural level to grasp the fundamentals of his policy or to play the role he envisioned for them. |
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| | Egypt: Thebes, A Feature Tour Egypt Story |
| | Although the capital was moved, Thebes took on a new role as the religious center of the nation, as its god Amun was promoted to principal state deity. | | | Other Temples of the West Bank at Thebes, Part III: The Temples at Deir el-Medina - Temple of Amenhotep I, the Hathor Chapel of Seti I, the Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor, and a small Temple of Amun. | | | Other Temples of the West Bank at Thebes, Part IV - Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, and the temples of Tuya and Nefertari, Tuthmosis IV, Wadjmose and Siptah and Tausert |
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| | Thebes, Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Thebes, however, is likely a graecising form of ancient Egyptian t3 ipt-swt (lit. | | | The name Thebes is often mistakenly thought to derive from the Greek as there is a city in Greece with this name as well (see the article Thebes, Greece). | | | For the ancient capital of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thebes (Achaia Secunda) |
| | Thebes allied itself to the Persians against the Greeks, but was conquered with them and submitted to Sparta, until its two generals Pelopidas and Epaminondas restored it to the first rank. | | | At first a suffragan, Thebes was an autocephalous archbishopric at the beginning of the tenth century and until 970 (Gelzer, "Ungedruckte. | | | The city was founded by the Phoenician Cadmus in the sixteenth century B.C., afterwards made illustrious by the legends of Laius, Œdipus, and of Antigone, the rivalry of Eteocles and Polynices, and the unfortunate siege by the seven chiefs of Argos. |
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| | The Seven Against Thebes |
| | In the battle which follows by the walls of Thebes, both brothers are killed. | | | Of the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, the prophecy had been made: "They shall divide their inheritance with the sword in such a manner as to obtain equal shares." When the play begins, Eteocles is in possession of the city, while Polynices with an army of Argive soldiers advances to attack it. | | | Antigone, the sister, here appears for a moment, announcing her determination to give her rebel brother the decent burial which had been denied him. |
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| | THEBES PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT |
| | Thebes, being the religious center of ancient Egypt, has the greatest concentration of major ancient sites in the world. | | | Luxor, the modern name for the ancient city of Thebes, has, since the time of the ancient Greeks, been a favorite destination for travelers, as well as Egyptologists. | | | The aim of the project is to record the topography of the ancient sites in their present state, as well as, the interrelationships that they form with the landscape. |
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| | During the Peloponnesian Wars, Thebes sided first with the Spartans and then against them. | | | During the Persian Wars, it sided with the Persians; after the Greek victory, Thebes was punished severely. | | | Finally, Thebes defied Philip of Macedonia; his son, Alexander, later invaded and destroyed the city. |
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| | History (from Thebes) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | in Greek mythology, the seven champions who were killed fighting against Thebes after the fall of Oedipus, the king of that city. | | | It is situated on a low ridge dividing the surrounding plain; the modern city is the seat of the Greek Orthodox bishop of Thebes and Levádhia. | | | Thebes lay on either side of the Nile River at approximately latitude 26° N. The modern town of Luxor, or Al-Uqsur, which occupies part of the site, is 419 miles (675 km) south of Cairo. |
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| | Seven against Thebes Summary & Essays - Aeschylus |
| | It is clear that with Seven Against Thebes, Aeschylus is fulfilling this role for his fifth-century B.C. audiences. | | | Seven Against Thebes, the story of the conflict between Eteocles and Polyneices, the sons of Oedipus, won Aeschylus a first prize at its initial performance. | | | Seven Against Thebes was first staged in 467 B.C., as part of a tetralogy that includes Lauis, Oedipus and the satyr play, Sphinx. |
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| | Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BC) |
| | In Seven Against Thebes, Aeschylus deals with themes of patricide and incest. | | | Even amid the fire from heaven that is hurled at him in a frightening climax, Prometheus remains fearless and silent. | | | He was not, however, willing to settle for the conventional explanation of the "family curse". |
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| | The Temple Complex of Karnak in Thebes (Modern Luxor), Egypt |
| | In ancient Egypt, the power of the god Amun of Thebes gradually increased during the early New Kingdom, and after the short persecution led by Akhenaten, it rose to its apex. | | | Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor | | | The stone was moved several miles over to the river and shipped down to Thebes. |
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| | Thebes |
| | Thebes, the birthplace of the legendary hero Herakles and men of importance like Pindar and Epameinondas, played a major role in the affairs of Greece, from its early history as the many legends of the city testify. | | | Though not a great power, for a short time, thanks to the genius of Epameinondas and its superb trained army, led by the Sacred Band, took the hegemony of Greece by defeating the invincible Sparta. | | | Among other achievements was the formation of a league under its leadership, which united almost all the Boeotian cities. |
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| | Thebes |
| | From the seven mythological gates of Thebes, whose names (often more than seven) are known from the tradition, only the entrance between the two circular towers of the Electran Gates are preserved today. | | | Thebes never regained its former glory and power. | | | S.Symeonoglou, The Topography of Thebes, Princeton 1985 (with bibliography). |
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| | Thebes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia. | | | Thebes, Egypt – Thebes of the Hundred Gates; one-time capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt. | | | Thebes is the name of a place in the United States of America: |
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| | Thebes |
| | The city became important during the 11th dynasty (21st century BCE) when the local governor gained control over the entire Egypt, and Thebes stayed on as capital until the 14th century BCE, when Akhenaten became Pharaoh. | | | Thebes has some of the best preserved monuments of Ancient Egypt, even if the old settlement is now covered by modern houses. | | | With the attack of the Assyrians in 661, Thebes was sacked. |
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