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Thebes (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 19 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.3250 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 19 08 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.3189 decimal degrees |
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Note: At one time the "seven-gated city of Thebes" was the seat of one of the oldest and greatest powers of Greece. Only a few ruins of the city remain today on the Cadmea, the acropolis of ancient Thebes. It was named for Cadmus, the mythical founder of the city. Thebes was the main city of ancient Boeotia, and is identified with many legends, including stories of Dirce, Epigonus, Oedipus and the Sphinx. It entered a power struggle with Athens in the 6th cen. BCE. It was destroyed by Alexander the Great. |
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| Thívai (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Thévai (C,V)
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| Thivai (C,V)
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| Thiva (C,V)
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| Thive (C,V)
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| Thebes (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Thebes (Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thèbes (C,O)
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| Thēvai (C,V)
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| Thebai (C,V)
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| Tebe (C,O)
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| Theban (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Thēbai (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thíva (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thebae (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Thebae Boeotiae (H,V)
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| Theben (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Theben (German-P,U,N)
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Boeotia (regional division) (P) |
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Thebes (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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traditionally founded in 1313 BCE; site of Mycenaean ruins |
| town (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Byzantine Hellas |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Thebes .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Qinā) [7001297] |
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Greek and Egyptian cities had same nwme, temples to Amun, and loose association since ancient times, as mentioned in the Iliad |
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