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Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia.
Thebes, Egypt – Thebes of the Hundred Gates; one-time capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt.

The adjective related to both places is Theban. See also: Thebes (in modern Greek: Î˜Î®Î²Î± â€” ThÃva, in ancient Greek and Katharevousa: â€” ThÄ“bai or ThÃvai) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. ... Thebes For the ancient capital of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece. ...

The Theban Legion, martyred in the year 286.
The Theban alphabet.

Thebes is the name of a place in the United States of America: The Theban legion figures in hagiography as an entire Roman legion â€” of six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men â€” who had converted to Christianity and were martyred together, in 286 A.D., according to the hagiographies of Saint Maurice, the chief among the Legions saints. ... This article is about the year 286. ... The Theban alphabet is a writing system with unknown origins. ...

Thebes, Illinois

Several other people, things and places have also shared the similar name Thebe, such as Thebes is a village located in Alexander County, Illinois. ... Thebe is used for several things including: Thebe, a moon of Jupiter Thebe refers to several different people in Greek mythology An Amazon A nymph, daughter of Asopus and Metope, wife of Zethus. ...

Hephaistio of Thebes a fourth-century astrologer

The Greek name of opium gives the name of thebaine. Hephaistio of Thebes (c. ... An astrologer, in modern times, is a person who practices a form or forms of astrology; in earlier times, they were observer of the stars. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... A minor constituent of opium, thebaine or paramorphine (C19H21NO3) is chemically similar to both morphine and codeine, but produces stimulatory rather than depressant effects. ...

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thebes (Thebais Secunda) (793 words)
	Thebes grew by degrees, and as early as the twelfth dynasty its sovereigns dominated Egypt.
	Thebes continued under the pharaohs of the eighteenth and especially those of the nineteenth dynasty, who extended their domination to the sources of the Euphrates.
	Thebes had become degenerate they were replaced by the priests of the god Amon, who constituted themselves the twenty-first dynasty.

Thebes - Crystalinks (1180 words)
	Thebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain.
	The record of the earliest days of Thebes was preserved among the Greeks in an abundant mass of legends which rival the myths of Troy in their wide ramification and the influence which they exerted upon the literature of the classical age.
	Philip was content to deprive Thebes of her dominion over Boeotia; but an unsuccessful revolt in 335 against his son Alexander was punished by Macedon and other Greek states by the severe sacking of the city, except, according to tradition, the house of the poet Pindar.

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