Thebaid
Americannoun
noun
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That the Thebaid may be seen like the Delta.
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
It was a sore mortification for them to renounce the hope of planting a new Thebaid in the mountains of the Crimea.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
It was later than the Thebaid, for Statius was working at it in A.D.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton
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
And I said, ‘Let me dissuade you, for you prepare sorrow and you will bring me into trouble in the Thebaid.’
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
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