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Seven Against Thebes — Scene from the Seven against Thebes: Capaneus scales the city wall of Thebes, Campanian red figure amphora, ca. 340 BC, Getty Villa (92.AE.86) Written by … Wikipedia
Seven against Thebes — 1. Class. Myth. 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 … Useful english dictionary
Seven against Thebes — 1. Class. Myth. 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 … Universalium
Seven against Thebes — plural noun Greek Legend the seven heroes (Adrastus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, Polynices, and Tydeus) who made an expedition against Thebes to seat Polynices on the throne. They were defeated, but ten years later the sons… …
seven — O.E. seofon, from P.Gmc. *sebun (Cf. O.S. sibun, O.N. sjau, O.Fris. sowen, siugun, Du. zeven, O.H.G. sibun, Ger. sieben), from PIE *septm (Cf. Skt. sapta, Avestan hapta, Hitt. shipta, Gk. hepta, L … Etymology dictionary
Thebes — Thebaic /thi bay ik/, adj. Theban /thee beuhn/, adj., n. /theebz/, n. 1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt. 2. a city of ancient Greece, in… … Universalium
Thebes, Greece — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Thebes name local = Θήβα caption skyline = Remains of the Cadmea, the central fortress of ancient Thebes city city periph = Central Greece prefec = Boeotia population = 23820 population as of = 2001 area = metro pop =… … Wikipedia
Thebes tablets — The Thebes tablets are clay tablets discovered at the city of Thebes, Greece, with inscriptions in the Mycenaean language in the Linear B script. They belong to the Late Helladic IIIB context, contemporary with the finds at Pylos. A first group… … Wikipedia
Ancient Thebes (Boeotia) — Infobox Former Country native name = Θῆβαι conventional long name = Thebes common name = Thebes continent = Europe region = Mediterranean country = Greece era = Classical Antiquity government type = Monarchy event start = year start = 6th century … Wikipedia
Thebes (Achaia Secunda) — Thebes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thebes (THEBAE) A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda. The city was founded by the Phoenician Cadmus in the sixteenth century B.C., afterwards made illustrious by the legends of Laius,… … Catholic encyclopedia
