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Thebes was a major force in Greek history prior to its destruction by Alexander the Great in 335 BC, and was the most dominant city-state at the time of the Macedonian conquest of Greece. During the Byzantine period, the city was famous for its silks.
1 de jun. de 2024 · Thebes was the seat of the legendary king Oedipus and the locale of most of the ancient Greek tragedies—notably Aeschylus’s Seven Against Thebes and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Antigone—and of other compilations about the fate of Oedipus, his wife-mother, and his children.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 de jul. de 2012 · It was an important Mycenaean centre in the middle to late Bronze Age and was a powerful city-state in the Classical period, participating in both the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, reaching its peak of influence in the early 4th century BCE when it was the most powerful city in Greece.
- Mark Cartwright
18 de mai. de 2024 · Thebes, one of the famed cities of antiquity, the capital of the ancient Egyptian empire at its heyday. It covered an area of some 36 square miles. The main part of the city was situated along the Nile’s east bank.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Thebes played central role in Greek mythology, military history of nation. Thebes, the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia, was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy, an alliance that was founded in 379 BC after a rebellion freed the cities of Boeotia from Spartan dominance.
27 de mai. de 2024 · In the annals of ancient Greek history, few cities loom as large as Thebes. Located in the heart of Boeotia, Thebes was a city of mythic proportions, famed as the birthplace of gods and heroes, and renowned for its military might.
14 de mai. de 2021 · Thebes was a powerful city in Ancient Greece which rivalled Athens as a major force in Greek history and mythology, particularly in the stories of Oedipus, Dionysus and Hercules. Thebes was the largest city in the region of Boeotia until it was destroyed by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Chaeoronea in the 4th century BC.
