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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city-state → polis →
alliedWith	Sparta during the early Peloponnesian War →
associatedWithMythologicalCycle	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	Ancient Greece →
destroyedBy	Alexander the Great →
destructionYear	335 BC →
foundedBy	Cadmus →
governedBy	Boeotian League →
hasAlternativeName	Thēbai → Θῆβαι →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Cadmea (citadel of Thebes) →
hasCitadel	Cadmea →
hasLanguage	Ancient Greek →
hasMilitaryUnit	Sacred Band of Thebes →
hasModernLocation	near modern Thiva, Greece →
hasMythologicalEvent	birth and cult of Dionysus → 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 → region of Boeotia →
locatedNear	Lake Copais → Mount Cithaeron →
participatedIn	Peloponnesian War →
partOf	Classical Greece →
producedPerson	Epaminondas → Pelopidas → Pindar →
religiousCenterFor	cult of Dionysus → cult of Heracles →
repopulatedBy	Cassander →
timePeriod	Archaic Greece → Classical period → Hellenistic period →
wasHegemonOf	Boeotian League →
wonBattle	Battle of Leuctra →
wonBattleAgainst	Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra →

Referenced by (51)

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