Thebaid
Americannoun
noun
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As the Thebaid was the southern division of Egypt proper, and, therefore, the most distant from Alexandria, we may safely say as much, at least, for the Delta and Middle Egypt.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Camo�ns and Milton happily left this beaten track, this exhausted field, and have given us pictures of manners unknown in the Iliad, the �neid, and all those poems which may be classed with the Thebaid.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
It is said that with the natural turn of young authors, who are more desirous to combine scenes of strong emotion than of comic situation, he attempted to produce a tragedy called "The Thebaid."
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
When he said “Wilderness” I am certain, however, that he thought of some historical, some bookish desert, the Thebaid, or the lands about the Mareotic sea.
From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
He expelled the Blemmyes, who were dominating the whole of the Thebaid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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