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Thebes in Ancient Greece By: Shawna Montgomery, Meghan Hall, Carolyn Mcmullen, and Charlotte Moreno

Thebes in Ancient Greece By: Shawna Montgomery, Meghan Hall, Carolyn Mcmullen, and Charlotte Moreno

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Page 1: Thebes in Ancient Greece By: Shawna Montgomery, Meghan Hall, Carolyn Mcmullen, and Charlotte Moreno

Thebes in Ancient Greece

By: Shawna Montgomery, Meghan Hall, Carolyn Mcmullen, and

Charlotte Moreno

Page 2: Thebes in Ancient Greece By: Shawna Montgomery, Meghan Hall, Carolyn Mcmullen, and Charlotte Moreno

Goddess of Thebes

• Alcmene worshiped at Thebes and Athens– Hercules’ mother

• Dionysus also worshiped at Thebes– God of wine

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Battles• Battle of Koronea– Spartan narrow victory– Thebes broke enemy lines– Proved they were better soldiers than them

• Persian Wars– Victory for Thebes

• Sparta Invasion– Sparta army fled– Heroic achievement of Pelopidas – Confidence to Thebeans to meet Spartans 4 years

later

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Continuing Battles

• Battle of Leuctra– Thebes forces outnumbered– Defeat of Spartans– Thebes victorious

• Battle of Chaeronea– Thebes and Athens met with Macedon King– Battle occurred at Chaeronea– Macedon victorious

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The People of Thebes• Pelopidas- generous man, fought in battles• Epaminondas- Greek warrior, fought in a victory• Kadmos- founded Thebes• Kadmeia- built palace, introduced Phonecian

alphabet• Teirsais- famous blind soothe sayer– Stories about the cause of his blindness

• Hesiod- wrote epic poems – Work and Days, Shield of Hercules

• Theogony- wrote epic poems liked by everyone• Pindar- greatest of lyric poems

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Important Facts of Thebes

• Known for ending the power of Sparta• Government: Monarchy• 13th century– City destroyed when Adrastos and the Epigonoi

conquered Thebes

• Ally of Thebes- Athens• Thebean known as good soldiers