Thebes

[ theebz ]

noun
  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 Boeotia: a rival of ancient Athens.

Other words from Thebes

  • The·ba·ic [thi-bey-ik], /θɪˈbeɪ ɪk/, adjective
  • The·ban [thee-buhn], /ˈθi bən/, adjective, noun

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How to use Thebes in a sentence

  • In spite of him, the Athenians now basely desert the Thebans, leaving them to stand the entire fury of the war alone.

  • The Thebans, early in the conflict, went over in a body to the enemy.

    Xerxes | Jacob Abbott
  • Hence Pentheus, in addressing the Thebans, calls them Anguigenæ, serpent or snake-descended.

  • Then the joke came out; but the Thebans couldn't see the "laughing place;" their rage and mortification was so intense.

    Lincolniana | Andrew Adderup
  • For this series of success, though it greatly elated the Thebans, yet rather enraged than discouraged the Spartans.

British Dictionary definitions for Thebes

Thebes

/ (θiːbz) /


noun
  1. (in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc)

  2. (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country

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