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Definition of Theban in English: Thebanadjective ˈθiːbənˈθib(ə)n 1Relating to or characteristic of the Greek city of Thebes or its inhabitants. Example sentencesExamples - Oedipus asked Creon to send him away from Theban territory.
- In Sophocles and in Seneca, the Theban chorus are almost unshakably loyal to their king.
- Born of a mortal woman and the god Zeus, the young god Dionysus is outraged at the Theban royal family's refusal to accept his heritage.
- But the Theban plays are hardly light-hearted entertainment.
- In the battle for the Theban kingship, Creon supports Oedipus' youngest son Eteocles.
2Relating to or characteristic of Thebes, the ancient capital of Upper Egypt. the hermit settlements of the Theban desert Example sentencesExamples - In Egypt, the twelfth-century BC pharaohs had to appoint a commission to inquire into the wholesale plundering of tombs in the Theban valley.
- The papyri were discovered on the Museum's Theban expedition of 1921-22 in the tomb of one Meseh.
- Karnak was the centre of the Theban Amun-Ra religion.
- On the other side of the hotel is the terrace, from which you look west over the Nile to sunset on the Theban mountains.
- The first period (5000-500 BC) includes the obvious maps of Egypt (including a detail of Theban tomb sites).
noun ˈθiːbənˈθib(ə)n 1A native or inhabitant of the Greek city of Thebes. the remains of poetry celebrating victories in games are dominated by a Theban Example sentencesExamples - Thessaly in the 360s was marked by internal wrangling and outside intervention by the Thebans.
- In 335 Demosthenes actively aided the Thebans in their revolt and narrowly escaped being surrendered to Alexander.
- He said that the man they are all looking for is in Thebes, "a resident stranger as it seems, but soon to be revealed as a native Theban."
- Because of his own decree, he would be banished from Thebes, and he could not associate with any Thebans.
- The Thebans were de facto political allies of the Spartan alliance, sharing enmity with Athens' empire.
2A native or inhabitant of Thebes, the ancient capital of Upper Egypt. the tombs of the private Thebans Example sentencesExamples - The Hyksos and the Nubians, who had formed an alliance, surrounded the Thebans for almost 100 years.
- Despite the fact that they controlled only a small area of southern Egypt, the Thebans clearly viewed themselves as monarchs.
- Ultimately Ahmose I, who was a Theban, drove out the Hyksos, reunited Egypt, and founded the XVIII Dynasty.
- The princess was the offspring of the marriage of King Pisebkhan with a Theban.
Definition of Theban in US English: ThebanadjectiveˈTHēb(ə)nˈθib(ə)n 1Relating to or characteristic of the Greek city of Thebes or its inhabitants. Example sentencesExamples - Born of a mortal woman and the god Zeus, the young god Dionysus is outraged at the Theban royal family's refusal to accept his heritage.
- In the battle for the Theban kingship, Creon supports Oedipus' youngest son Eteocles.
- Oedipus asked Creon to send him away from Theban territory.
- But the Theban plays are hardly light-hearted entertainment.
- In Sophocles and in Seneca, the Theban chorus are almost unshakably loyal to their king.
2Relating to or characteristic of Thebes, the ancient capital of Upper Egypt. the hermit settlements of the Theban desert Example sentencesExamples - Karnak was the centre of the Theban Amun-Ra religion.
- In Egypt, the twelfth-century BC pharaohs had to appoint a commission to inquire into the wholesale plundering of tombs in the Theban valley.
- The papyri were discovered on the Museum's Theban expedition of 1921-22 in the tomb of one Meseh.
- On the other side of the hotel is the terrace, from which you look west over the Nile to sunset on the Theban mountains.
- The first period (5000-500 BC) includes the obvious maps of Egypt (including a detail of Theban tomb sites).
nounˈTHēb(ə)nˈθib(ə)n 1A native or inhabitant of the Greek city of Thebes. the remains of poetry celebrating victories in games are dominated by a Theban Example sentencesExamples - The Thebans were de facto political allies of the Spartan alliance, sharing enmity with Athens' empire.
- In 335 Demosthenes actively aided the Thebans in their revolt and narrowly escaped being surrendered to Alexander.
- Thessaly in the 360s was marked by internal wrangling and outside intervention by the Thebans.
- Because of his own decree, he would be banished from Thebes, and he could not associate with any Thebans.
- He said that the man they are all looking for is in Thebes, "a resident stranger as it seems, but soon to be revealed as a native Theban."
2A native or inhabitant of Thebes, the ancient capital of Upper Egypt. the tombs of the private Thebans Example sentencesExamples - The princess was the offspring of the marriage of King Pisebkhan with a Theban.
- Ultimately Ahmose I, who was a Theban, drove out the Hyksos, reunited Egypt, and founded the XVIII Dynasty.
- The Hyksos and the Nubians, who had formed an alliance, surrounded the Thebans for almost 100 years.
- Despite the fact that they controlled only a small area of southern Egypt, the Thebans clearly viewed themselves as monarchs.
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