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Definition of Theban
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture.
2. Noun. An Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture.
4. Noun. A Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
Definition of Theban
1. a. Of or pertaining to Thebes.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
Definition of Theban
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Thebes. ¹
2. Noun. Someone of, from, or pertaining to, Thebes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theban
Literary usage of Theban
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"So Xenophon attributes to " Theban " politicians the proposal 5 to destroy ...
The League was a Boeotian body animated by a Theban soul ; the devices of ..."
2. Art in Egypt by Gaston Maspero (1912)
"PART II Theban ART CHAPTER I THE FIRST Theban AGE FROM THE ELEVENTH TO THE
SEVENTEENTH DYNASTY The Art of the first Theban Age — Civil, religious and ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"THE OLD Theban KINGDOM Egypt is the monumental land of the earth, ... This new
era is commonly designated the Old Theban Kingdom, or the Middle Kingdom. ..."
4. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1913)
"The great Theban aided the Messenians to found a new capital, Messene; and in
Arcadia he restored Mantinea, which Sparta had destroyed (§ 261). ..."
5. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"THE Theban ATTACK ON PLATAEA The declaration of war between the two great states
... They acceded to the Theban demand, but in the course of the negotiation ..."
6. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"The New Theban Empire.— Historical Introduction.— Fluctuations of Art.— Size and
Extent of Monuments. —Monolith of Rameses II. —Tomb Temples, Private and ..."
7. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"The New Theban Empire.— Historical Introduction. — Fluctuations of Art.— Size
and Extent of Monuments.—Monolith of Rameses II. —Tomb Temples, Private and ..."
8. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"Theban TREATMENT OF THE SMALLER TOWNS. self had once been tributary, ... Certain it
Theban is that, just before that battle, the Theban claims had before ..."
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