Thebes

Significat (Anglès)

1. A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.
2. An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.

Conceptes

Tebes

Tebas

Sinònims

Theban

Traduccions

Tebe

Thèbes

Tebas

Θήβα

Theben

Tebas

Thebe

Thebae

Tebai

ثيفا

Thebes

Θήβαι

طِيب

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/θiːbz/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai), from two different sources. The name of the Greek city is further derived from Ionic-Attic Θήβη (Thḗbē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀣 (te-qa /⁠Tʰēgʷā⁠/), from Proto-Hellenic *Tʰēgʷā, while the name of the Egyptian city is from Egyptian Demotic tꜣ-jpy (“Thebes”, literally “the temple”), from earlier Egyptian tꜣ (“the”) + i-p:t-O45 (jpt, “Luxor”, literally “inner sanctum”).

Frases

He enlisted Adrastus' help in attacking Thebes .