Thebaid
Americannoun
noun
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It is evident that such a society could only exist in the Thebaid, and even there only for a limited time, as it must soon be annihilated.
From Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
The Thebaid of Antimachus, however, was not popular, and seems to have been a great storehouse of mythological learning rather than a poem of the Homeric school.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
That at Alnwick Castle was found in the Thebaid, and presented to Lord Prudhoe by the Pacha in 1838, and got to England by Bonomi.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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)
The early Christians, the monks of the Thebaid, hated art, as did the Puritans.
From The Hearts of Men by Fielding, H. (Harold)
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