thebes

IPA: θˈibz

Root Word: Thebes

A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.

Examples of "thebes" in Sentences

He refers to the Ramessuem as "the central business district of Ramesside thebes".
The sacred Band of thebes,Alexander the Great, Fredrick the great, the samuri, Hitler, Lawrence of arabia, the Zulu,Native American warriors, oh and did I mention the 2 Gay Christian Married saints ST. sergius and ST.
•words, by which hcexprefled the violent agitation of his foul, and not content with words he commanded with all fpecd that his Equipage fhould be made ready to go for thebes, whi - ther he believ'd fhe was retir'd, and to follow her if he mift her there through all the Cities of Greece till he had found her.
actaeon was the grandson of cadmus, founder of thebes. he was also transformed into a stag by athena. project cadmus has been missing in the dcu since around the time luthor was elected president, i think though i could be wrong about this - i was still in college and couldn't afford many titles if i were to continue my foray into alchoholism.