Definitions for Thebes

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Thebes Thebes

Spelling: [theebz]

IPA: /θibz/

Thebes is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in Thebes (beehst).

Definitions for Thebes

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.
3. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Botswana, the 100th part of a pula.
4. a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.

Examples for Thebes

Nor was Thebes an exception; for was not the governor a brother of Agesilaus?

Satisfied with this answer, the Corinthians set off to Thebes in quest of peace.

At Thebes a conference of the states had been convened to listen to the great king's letter.

On reaching Thebes the troops encamped outside the city, round the gymnasium.

After that he turned to retire, keeping the walls of Thebes on his left.

In Thebes, in Palmyra, his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they.

They were to be the most majestic and the most beautiful to be found in Thebes.

They sent, however, an embassy to Thebes and there accused him as deserving of death.

But while the soldiers were still seated in conclave, Coeratadas, of Thebes, arrived.

Who drove us into the arms of Athens, when we were hard pressed by the tyranny of Thebes?