theban

Speech parts

1. theban - Noun

2. theban - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Thebes.

A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

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Examples

Alexander was the first to break the Theban lines, followed by Philip's generals. Source: Internet

It is, however, known that the three plays referred to in the modern era as the "Theban plays" were never performed together in Sophocles' own lifetime, and are therefore not a trilogy (which they are sometimes erroneously seen as). Source: Internet

Demosthenes' oration before the Theban people is not extant and, therefore, the arguments he used to convince the Thebans remain unknown. Source: Internet

Ismenias the Theban, Chiron the centaur, is said to have cured this and many other diseases by music alone: as now they do those, saith Bodine, that are troubled with St. Vitus's Bedlam dance. Source: Internet

Ismenias the Theban, Chiron the centaur, is said to have cured this and many other diseases by music alone: as now thy do those, saith Bodine, that are troubled with St. Vitus's Bedlam dance. Source: Internet

Moses I. Finley observes citation "this typical bit of fiction must mean that there was an old Theban hero Hector, a Greek, whose myths antedated the Homeric poems. Source: Internet

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