Thebes

[ theebz ]

noun

1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt.
2. a city of ancient Greece, in Boeotia: a rival of ancient Athens.

Thebes

/ θiːbz /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc )
2. (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country

Other Words From

• The·ba·ic [thi-, bey, -ik], adjective
• The·ban [thee, -b, uh, n], adjective noun

Example Sentences

In this account, the sister of Dorotheos, an Egyptian hermit from Thebes, becomes pregnant while possessed by a demon.

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Thebes was a single, enormous tomb; his past lay buried there; from the solemn, mournful, desolate hills he had escaped.

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"Silver and—gold," she murmured, looking into the radiant distance where Thebes lay cradled in the arms of the sun-god.

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They had landed at a point that lay to the south of Thebes, and now seemed to be making for Medinat-Habu.

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Ipomedon, Hippomedon; one of the seven chiefs who engaged in the war against Thebes.

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But it is precisely what Pronomus of Thebes is said to have done for the music of the flute (supra, p. 38).

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