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Theban can
refer to: A
thing or
person of or from the city of Thebes, Greece. A
thing or
person of or from the city of Thebes, Egypt. The
occult Theban...
- The
Theban alphabet, also
known as the witches' alphabet, is a
writing system,
specifically a
substitution cipher of the
Latin script, that was used by...
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consisting of 150
pairs of male
lovers which formed the
elite force of the
Theban army in the 4th
century BC,
ending Spartan domination. Its predominance...
- The
Theban Necropolis (Arabic: مدينة طيبة الجنائزية, romanized: Madīnat Ṭaybah al-Janāʼizīyah) is a
necropolis on the west bank of the Nile,
opposite Thebes...
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Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are
generally known as the
Theban plays,
though each was part of a
different tetralogy (the
other members...
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Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent
position in Gr****
politics called the
Theban Hegemony. In the process, he
broke Spartan military power with his victory...
- The
Theban Legion (also
known as the
Martyrs of Agaunum)
figures in
Christian hagiography as a
Roman legion from
Egypt —"six
thousand six
hundred and sixty-six...
- The
Theban Cycle (Gr****: Θηβαϊκὸς Κύκλος) is a
collection of four lost
epics of
ancient Gr****
literature which tells the
mythological history of the Boeotian...
- The
Theban Triad is a
triad of
Egyptian gods most po****r in the area of Thebes, Egypt. The
group consisted of Amun, his
consort Mut and
their son Khonsu...
- The
Theban hegemony lasted from the
Theban victory over the
Spartans at
Leuctra in 371 BC to
their defeat of a
coalition of
Peloponnesian armies at Mantinea...
