Thespiae

[ thes-pee-ee ]

noun

a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.

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Presently he reached Thespiae, and that was the base for an advance upon Cynoscephalae, where he encamped on Theban territory.
Hellenica | Xenophon
Thus crossing Cithaeron he reached Thespiae, and from that base made the territory of Thebes his objective.
Hellenica | Xenophon
Here he halted sixteen days, and then again fell back upon Thespiae.
Hellenica | Xenophon
After the death of Phoebidas the Lacedaemonians despatched a polemarch with a division by sea to form the garrison of Thespiae.
Hellenica | Xenophon
The Thebans, on their side, desiring to retaliate, marched out with their whole force into the territory of Thespiae.
Hellenica | Xenophon

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