Thebes

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ancient Greek city-state polis

Thebes was one of the major city-states of ancient Greece, renowned for its military power, mythological heritage, and rivalry with Athens and Sparta.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Thebes canonical 166
Thebes (Boeotia) 2
Cadmea (citadel of Thebes) 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
alliedWith Sparta during the early Peloponnesian War ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalCycle Theban cycle ⓘ
surface form: Theban Cycle
associatedWithMythologicalFigure Antigone ⓘ
Cadmus ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Epigoni ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Jocasta ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Pentheus ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
capitalOf Boeotia ⓘ
commandedBy Epaminondas at the Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
Pelopidas in several campaigns ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
destroyedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
destructionYear 335 BC ⓘ
foundedBy Cadmus ⓘ
governedBy Boeotian League ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Thebes ⓘ
surface form: Thēbai

Θῆβαι ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cadmea (citadel of Thebes)
hasCitadel Cadmea ⓘ
hasLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasMilitaryUnit Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
surface form: Sacred Band of Thebes
hasModernLocation near modern Thiva, Greece ⓘ
hasMythologicalEvent birth and cult of Dionysus ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
surface form: campaign of the Seven Against Thebes

story of Oedipus ⓘ
war of the Epigoni ⓘ
knownFor Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
military power ⓘ
poet Pindar ⓘ
rivalry with Athens ⓘ
rivalry with Sparta ⓘ
laterOpposed Sparta ⓘ
locatedIn central Greece ⓘ
surface form: Central Greece

region of Boeotia ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Copais ⓘ
Mount Cithaeron ⓘ
participatedIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf Classical Greece ⓘ
producedPerson Epaminondas ⓘ
Pelopidas ⓘ
Pindar ⓘ
religiousCenterFor Dionysian Mysteries ⓘ
surface form: cult of Dionysus

cult of Heracles ⓘ
repopulatedBy Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Cassander
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
wasHegemonOf Boeotian League ⓘ
wonBattle Battle of Leuctra ⓘ
wonBattleAgainst Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra ⓘ

Referenced by (178)

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

Greek Antiquity → hasNotableCity → Thebes ⓘ
Thessaly → containsCity → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phthiotic Thebes
Fourth Sacred War → belligerent → Thebes ⓘ
Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Thebes ⓘ
Third Sacred War → hasParticipant → Thebes ⓘ
Dionysus → cultCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Oedipus → birthPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Oedipus → freed → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thebes from the Sphinx
Heracles → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Semele → associatedPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Alcmene → associatedWithCity → Thebes ⓘ
Boeotia → hasCapital → Thebes ⓘ
Boeotia → contains → Thebes ⓘ
Luke the Evangelist → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Thersander → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Thersander → ruled → Thebes ⓘ
Mycenaean civilization → hasSite → Thebes ⓘ
Linear B inscriptions → foundAtSite → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thebes (Boeotia)
Mycenaean Greek → mainArchaeologicalSites → Thebes ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Thebes ⓘ
Sophocles → setIn → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thebes (for Theban plays)
Cebes of Thebes → citizenship → Thebes ⓘ
Sparta → rival → Thebes ⓘ
Sparta → defeatBy → Thebes ⓘ
central Greece → containsAncientSite → Thebes ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Greece
Thebes → hasArchaeologicalSite → Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadmea (citadel of Thebes)
Simmias of Thebes → citizenship → Thebes ⓘ
Simmias of Thebes → placeOfOrigin → Thebes ⓘ
Battle of Delium → associatedCityState → Thebes ⓘ
Corinthian War → belligerent → Thebes ⓘ
Daphnephoria → heldInCity → Thebes ⓘ
Classical period → hasCulturalCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Crates of Thebes → placeOfBirth → Thebes ⓘ
Battle of Chaeronea → combatant → Thebes ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae → combatant → Thebes ⓘ
Hellenica → describesPolity → Thebes ⓘ
Peace of Nicias → excludedParty → Thebes ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → hasMember → Thebes ⓘ
Boeotians → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Boeotians → majorCity → Thebes ⓘ
Boeotians → ledBy → Thebes ⓘ
Phocian League → opponent → Thebes ⓘ
Pammenes of Thebes → citizenship → Thebes ⓘ
Pammenes of Thebes → placeOfActivity → Thebes ⓘ
Theban-led coalition → headOfCoalition → Thebes ⓘ
Theban-led coalition → ledBy → Thebes ⓘ
Theban-led coalition → dominantMember → Thebes ⓘ
Philomelus → opponent → Thebes ⓘ
Bacchae → settingLocation → Thebes ⓘ
Phayllus → opponent → Thebes ⓘ