Thebaid
Americannoun
noun
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Month, a hawk-headed god of the Thebaid: in Thebes itself his cult was superseded by that of Ammon, but it persisted in Hermonthis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
But he did not change his ways, which were rather those of a monk of the Thebaid than of a vicar of a parish.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
His description of felling the trees of a forest, in order to fit out a fleet against the Carthaginians, in the seventh book, has been imitated by Statius in the tenth book of the Thebaid.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Statius, in his Thebaid, calls it the solitary yew.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
On the one hand, Eusebius tells us that the Church had spread over the whole Thebaid.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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