Thebans

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ancient Greek people

The Thebans were the inhabitants of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, often featured in mythology and tragedy, including the story of Oedipus and the Sphinx.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Thebans canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek people ⓘ
alliedWith	Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Greek mythology ⓘ Greek tragedy ⓘ
associatedWithLegend	Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ Epigoni NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Niobe NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sphinx of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Theban polis ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culture	Boeotian culture ⓘ
defeated	Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
destroyedBy	Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
enemyOf	Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Thebes (Boeotia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredInWork	Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Euripides' The Phoenician Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophocles' Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophocles' Oedipus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Sacred Band of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Theban hegemony in 4th century BC Greece ⓘ hoplite warfare ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
ledBy	Epaminondas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelopidas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnit	Sacred Band of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborOf	Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeotians of other cities ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Delium NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Leuctra NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mantinea (362 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem	Greek polis ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sufferedEvent	Destruction of Thebes (335 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipped	Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ares NERFINISHED ⓘ Athena NERFINISHED ⓘ Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sphinx → notableVictim → Thebans ⓘ

war of the Epigoni → hasOpponent → Thebans ⓘ

subject surface form: War of the Epigoni

Apollo Ismenios → worshippedBy → Thebans ⓘ

Phocians → foughtAgainst → Thebans ⓘ