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 Thebes: In 290 BC Thebes fell (12605 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:24:25 EDT
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In 290 BC Thebes fell.. KEYWORDS: thebes 290B.C. 290 BC 290BC mystical places greek mythology Hellenistic period
In 290 BC Thebes fell, as did many other cities, in the hands of Macedonian, Demetrios Poliorketes.
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Thebes: Thebans defeated the Spartans in the Battle of Koronea (9469 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:20:34 EDT
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Thebans defeated the Spartans in the Battle of Koronea.. KEYWORDS: thebans spartans battle of koronea history of thebes
Thebans were always good soldiers, but in the battle of Koronea, which took place in August of 394 BC, they proved that they could defeat even the Spartans.
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 Thebes: The Epigonoi put Thersander on the throne of Thebes (8571 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:16:30 EDT
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The Epigonoi put Thersander on the throne of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: epigonoi thersander throne of thebes
Ten years after Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne, Adrastos returned to Thebes with the sons of the slain chiefs.
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Thebes: Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne (8365 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:12:33 EDT
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Adrastos opened war against Thebes to reinstate Polyneikes to the throne.. KEYWORDS: Adrastos Thebes Polyneikes throne of thebes
After the death of Oedipus, the two brothers, Eteokles and Polyneikes, agreed to rule Thebes for one year, in turn.
Bat the end of the first year, when Plyneikes should have started his turn, Eteokles refused to surrender the throne.
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Thebes: Oedipus was made king of Thebes (7938 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 17:03:50 EDT
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Oedipus was made king of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: Oedipus king of thebes Laios Iocaste riddle of the Sphinx
When Laios, king of Thebes, married Iocaste, Delphi gave an oracle to him, that if Iocaste bore a son, he would kill his father. And so, when Oedipus was born, he was exposed on the mount Kithairon, where he was found by herdsmen of king Polybos of Sikyon, who brought him up, as his own child.
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Thebes: Amphion and Zethos began the wall of Thebes (7121 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 16:22:23 EDT
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Amphion and Zethos began the wall of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: Amphion Zethos Thebes wall of thebes amphion zethos history of thebes
There was the succession of kings, Polydoros, Labdakos and Laios, whom Lykos dethroned.
The brother of Lykos, Nykteus, had a daughter, Antiope ,who was famous for her beauty among the Greeks.
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Thebes: Kadmos built the walls of Thebes (10964 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 16:17:33 EDT
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Kadmos built the walls of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: Kadmos kadmos thebes Thebes legendary people mystical places history of Thebes
From Homer's Odyssey we learn about the two brothers Amphion and Zethos, as the founders of Thebes and that it was them, who built the big walls of the city, but according to Apollodoros and others, it was Kadmos.
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Thebes: Cadmus was the founder of Thebes (7793 reads)
Posted by greekmythology on Saturday, October 16 @ 15:42:58 EDT
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Cadmus was the founder of Thebes.. KEYWORDS: thebes cadmus mystical places mythical places of myth
Cadmus was the founder of this great city which contains many great trials and stories.
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