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thebes

Thebes
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [theebz]
    • /θibz/
    • /θiːbz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [theebz]
    • /θibz/

Definitions of thebes word

  • noun thebes a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes. 1
  • noun thebes (in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc) 0
  • noun thebes (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country 0
  • noun thebes ancient city in S Egypt, on the Nile, on the site of modern Luxor and Karnak 0
  • noun thebes chief city of ancient Boeotia, EC Greece 0
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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  • menoeceus

    a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.

  • seven against thebes

    (used with a plural verb) Classical Mythology. seven heroes, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus, who led an expedition against Thebes to depose Eteocles in favor of his brother Polynices: the expedition failed, but the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven against Thebes, conquered the city ten years later.

  • adrastus

    a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor

  • alcmaeon

    a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.

  • amen

    Amen is said by Christians at the end of a prayer.

  • amphiaraus

    a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
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