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- In later Classical times, Sparta along with Athens, Thebes and Persia ... a coalition of the leading Greek states: Thebes, Athens, Corinth, and Argos ...46 KB (7,079 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- had no cult of her own. In this way, at Thebes Hathor was identified with ... varied locales as Atfih, Cusae, Memphis, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, and Dendera, ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- In another case of deadly hubris, Niobe, a queen of Thebes and wife to King Amphion, boasted that she was superior to Leto because she had 14 ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- to their priesthoods, and the capital moved back to Thebes. The young pharaoh also adopted the name Tutankhamun, changing it from his birth name Tutankhaten ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 02:21, 18 April 2023
- 3D%23156;layout=;loc=5.11 10] Supported by Thebes and Thessaly, Macedon took ... the most desirable ally for Athens was Thebes. Therefore, Demosthenes was ...80 KB (11,861 words) - 09:32, 28 January 2024
- by Giza and later by the Valley of the Kings in Thebes, it remained an important complex for minor burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- mythology. Traditionally, the city of Thebes was founded by a Phoenician ... arrived in Greece with the mythical founder of Thebes, Cadmus. ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- temples and the splendid temple of Der al-Bakri at Thebes. Its general form also reminds students of ancient architecture of several Egyptian sanctuaries. ...30 KB (4,697 words) - 20:29, 9 May 2024
- " He was the mythical founder and king of Thebes. The Ogygian flood covered the whole world and was so devastating that the country remained without ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 19:36, 24 May 2024
- May you spend millions of years, You who love Thebes, Sitting with your face to the north wind, Your eyes beholding happiness" (from the Wishing ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Horus= Kanakht Khaemwaset Mighty Bull, Arising in Thebes | ... city like Memphis or Heliopolis, or in Thebes. These two latitudes give ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- honored as Zeus Amphiaraus at Oropus outside of Thebes, and the Spartans even had a shrine to Zeus Agamemnon. ===Oracles=== Although most oracle ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- two kingdoms were divided. Mentuhopet of Thebes (c. 2040 B.C.E.) established ... Circa 1550 B.C.E. the rulers of Thebes once again re-unified Egypt ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- into its civilization, such as Tiryns, Pylos, Thebes, and Orchomenos.Brian Mandelkow, MSU EMuseum, (2007), [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/e ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- *Seven Against Thebes (467 B.C.E.) (Hepta epi Thebas) *The Suppliants (463 B.C.E.?) (Hiketides) *Oresteia (458 B.C.E.) **Agamemnon ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- Alexander annihilated the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite corps previously ... of Macedon. Greek cities like Athens and Thebes, which had pledged allegiance ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- deities: Atum in Lower Egypt, Amun in Thebes, Ptah in Memphis, and Ra in the later, syncretistic, pan-Egyptian cult. See Frankfort, 20-22, 131; ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- quot;), who assisted him to build the citadel of Thebes, becoming the founders of the noblest families of that city. The dragon Ladon guarded the Golden ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- of southern Greece. Athens, Pylos, Thebes, and Tiryns are also important ... to prevail in its 10-year war with Phocis, Thebes called upon Philip II of ...73 KB (10,713 words) - 07:37, 25 May 2024
- . Heaney's 2004 play, The Burial at Thebes, suggests parallels between ... * 2004: The Burial at Thebes: A version of Sophocles' Antigone ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
