Thebes

Thebes

Thebae, Thebai

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settlement

Events
  1. Hercules kills Linus
  2. Iphicles sets out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  3. Tydeus and Adrastus march against Thebes
  4. Tydeus is killed by Melanippus
  5. Diomedes and Alcmaeon kill the sons of Agrius
  6. Diomedes gives the kingdom of Thebes to Andraemon
  7. Diomedes goes to war against Thebes
  8. Promachus marches with the Epigoni against Thebes
  9. Cadmus sows dragon’s teeth
  10. Amphitryon, Alcmena and Licymnius are purified by Creon
  11. Amphitryon gives Perimede to Licymnius
  12. Alcmena agrees to marry Amphitryon if he will avenge her brothers’ deaths
  13. Creon comes to join the Amphitryon’s fight against the Taphians
  14. Amphitryon carries off booty after defeating the Taphians
  15. Zeus, disguised as Amphitryon, has sex with Alcmena
  16. Amphitryon learns from Tiresias that Zeus has had sex with Alcmena
  17. Hercules and Iphicles born
  18. Two snakes sent by Hera attack Hercules and Iphicles in their crib
  19. Hercules taught to drive a chariot
  20. Hercules taught to wrestle
  21. Hercules taught to shoot a bow
  22. Hercules taught to fence
  23. Linus teaches Hercules to play the lyre
  24. Hercules is tried and acquitted for the murder of Linus
  25. Erginus attacks and wins tribute from the Thebans
  26. Erginus attacks Thebes for a second time
  27. Hercules kills Erginus
  28. Hercules receives weapons from Athena
  29. Amphitryon dies
  30. Hercules and Megara get married and have children
  31. Hercules gives Megara to Iolaus
  32. Three of Hercules’ sons arrive in Thebes at Hercules’ request
  33. The cow Cadmus is following settles in Thebes
  34. Cadmus tries to sacrifice the cow he was following to Athena, some of his companions are killed by a dragon in the attempt
  35. Cadmus kills a dragon and sows its teeth in the ground at Athena’s behest
  36. The Sparti rise up from the ground, and fight amongst themselves. Many are killed.
  37. Dionysus arrives in Thebes
  38. Pentheus tries to stop Dionysus and his rites
  39. Cadmus and Harmonia leave Thebes for the Encheleans
  40. Polydorus becomes king of Thebes
  41. Polydorus marries Nycteis
  42. Labdacus born
  43. Laius inherits rule of Thebes
  44. Lycus takes over rule of Thebes while Laius is a child
  45. Pentheus grants Lycus and Nycteus citizenship at Thebes
  46. Lycus made a general of Thebes
  47. Lycus killed by Amphion and Zethus
  48. Nycteus instructs Lycus to punish Antiope and Epopeus
  49. Nycteus kills himself
  50. Lycus and Dirce imprison Antiope
  51. Amphion lifts stones with his lyre to help re-found Thebes.
  52. Amphion and Zethus expel Laius and rule Thebes
  53. Zethus marries Thebe
  54. Amphion marries Niobe
  55. Niobe gives birth to seven sons and seven daughters
  56. Niobe says she is more blessed with children than Leto
  57. Artemis shoots down Niobe’s daughters
  58. Apollo shoots down Niobe’s sons
  59. Amphion and Chloris are the only two of Niobe’s family not killed by Artemis and Apollo
  60. Amphion dies
  61. Laius regains power after Amphion’s death
  62. Laius marries Jocasta
  63. Oracle warns Laius not to have a son, because the son he fathers will kill him
  64. Laius gets drunk and has sex with Jocasta
  65. Laius pierces baby Oedipus’ ankles
  66. Oedipus arrives at Thebes
  67. Creon succeeds to power at Thebes
  68. Hera sends the Sphinx to Thebes
  69. Oracle tells Thebans they will be free of the Sphinx when they solve her riddle
  70. Haemon dies answering the Sphinx incorrectly
  71. Creon offers Jocasta and the kingdom to the whoever solves the riddle of the Sphinx
  72. Sphinx throws herself from the citadel
  73. Oedipus becomes king of Thebes
  74. Oedipus unwittingly marries his mother, Jocasta
  75. Polynices, Eteocles, Ismene and Antigone are born to Oedipus and Jocasta
  76. Oedipus discovers that he is the son of Laius and Jocasta
  77. Jocasta hangs herself
  78. Oedipus is driven from Thebes by his sons
  79. Oedipus stabs out his eyes
  80. Oedipus curses his sons
  81. Eteocles and Polynices agree to annually alternate rule of Thebes
  82. Eteocles refuses to return power to Polynices
  83. Tydeus is sent to tell Eteocles to cede Thebes to Polynices
  84. Eteocles refuses Tydeus’ request to return Thebes to Polynices
  85. Tydeus challenges Thebans to single combat and beats all he faces
  86. Thebans send 50 men to ambush Tydeus
  87. Tydeus kills all of the Thebans who ambush him except Maeon
  88. Seven against Thebes approach the walls of Thebes
  89. Adrastus goes to the Homoloidian gate
  90. Capaneus goes to the Ogygian gate
  91. Amphiaraus goes to the Proetidian gate
  92. Hippomedon goes to the Oncaidian gate
  93. Polynices goes to the Hypsistan gate
  94. Parthenopaeus goes to the Electran gate
  95. Tydeus goes to the Crenidian gate
  96. Eteocles arms the Thebans and assigns a leader to each gate
  97. Eteocles consults seers to learn how the Thebans might win the war
  98. Thebans consult Tiresias about the war
  99. Tiresias says the Thebans will be victorious if Menoeceus is sacrificed
  100. Menoeceus kills himself before the gates of Thebes
  101. The Thebans are chased back to the walls
  102. Capaneus climbs the walls of Thebes
  103. Zeus strikes Capaneus down with a thunderbolt
  104. Eteocles and Polynices kill each other
  105. Ismarus kills Hippomedon
  106. Leades kills Eteoclus
  107. Parthenopaeus is killed
  108. Athena brings Tydeus medicine to make him immortal
  109. Amphiaraus cuts off Melanippus’ head and gives it to Tydeus
  110. Tydeus eats Melanippus’ brains
  111. Athena withholds the immortality potion from Tydeus
  112. Adrastus is saved by his horse Arion
  113. Creon gives orders that Polynices and those who fought with him remain unburied
  114. Antigone steals the body of Polynices and secretly buries him
  115. Creon has Antigone buried alive
  116. Creon discovers Antigone burying Polynices
  117. Theseus and the Athenians capture Thebes
  118. Evadne throws herself on her husband Capaneus’ funeral pyre
  119. Laodamas kills Aegialeus
  120. The Thebans flee from Thebes
  121. Tiresias advises the Thebans in their conflict with the Argives
  122. The Thebans send a herald to make a treaty with the Argives
  123. The Argives sack Thebes
  124. The Argives send Manto and some spoils from the sack of Thebes to Delphi
  125. Alcmaeon kills Laodamas
  126. Androgeus is murdered by his competitors in the games in honor of Laius
  127. The Boeotians send ships to Troy
  128. The Achaeans are defeated outside Thebes
  129. Tydeus goes to Thebes as an envoy of the Achaeans
  130. Ptolemy wages war against the Thebans
  131. The earth swallows Amphiaraus, his chariot, and Baton
People
  1. Adrastus
  2. Aegialeus
  3. Agenor
  4. Alcmaeon
  5. Alcmena
  6. Amphion
  7. Amphitryon
  8. Amphiaraus
  9. Amphidicus
  10. Andraemon
  11. Androgeus
  12. Antiope
  13. Antigone
  14. Apollo
  15. Arion
  16. Arkesilaos
  17. Artemis
  18. Astyoche
  19. Astycratia
  20. Athena
  21. Autolycus
  22. Baton
  23. Cadmus
  24. Capaneus
  25. Castor
  26. Celeutor
  27. Chloris
  28. Chthonius
  29. Cleodoxa
  30. Clonius
  31. Creontiades
  32. Creon
  33. Damasichthon
  34. Deicoon
  35. Diomedes
  36. Dionysus
  37. Dirce
  38. Echion
  39. Erginus
  40. Eteoclus
  41. Eteocles
  42. Ethodaia
  43. Eupinytus
  44. Eurytus
  45. Evadne
  46. Haemon
  47. Harmonia
  48. Hera
  49. Hercules
  50. Hippomedon
  51. Hyperenor
  52. Ilithyia
  53. Iolaus
  54. Iphicles
  55. Ismarus
  56. Ismenus
  57. Ismene
  58. Ismenus
  59. Jocasta
  60. Labdacus
  61. Laius
  62. Laodamas
  63. Leades
  64. Leto
  65. Licymnius
  66. Linus
  67. Lycopeus
  68. Lycus
  69. Maeon
  70. Manto
  71. Megara
  72. Melanippus
  73. Melanippus
  74. Menoeceus
  75. Niobe
  76. Nycteis
  77. Nycteus
  78. Oedipus
  79. Ogygia
  80. Parthenopaeus
  81. Pelopia
  82. Pelorus
  83. Pentheus
  84. Perimede
  85. Phaedimus
  86. Phthia
  87. Polydorus
  88. Polynices
  89. Promachus
  90. Prothous
  91. Prothoenor
  92. Ptolemy
  93. Sipylus
  94. Sphinx
  95. Tantalus
  96. Thebe
  97. Therimachus
  98. Theseus
  99. Tiresias
  100. Tydeus
  101. Udaeus
  102. Zethus
  103. Zeus
Groups
  1. Achaeans
  2. Argives
  3. Athenians
  4. Boeotians vs Troy
  5. Boeotian Leaders
  6. Cadmeans
  7. Encheleans
  8. Epigoni
  9. Minyans
  10. Niobids
  11. Seven against Thebes
  12. Sons of Astacus
  13. Thebans
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.5
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.6
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.13
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.23
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.6
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.7
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.8
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.9
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.6
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.1
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.2
  15. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  16. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.5
  17. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.6
  18. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.7
  19. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.8
  20. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  21. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  22. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  23. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  24. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.8
  25. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  26. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  27. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.4
  28. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  29. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.2
  30. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.7
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 505
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 364
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 404
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 792
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 212
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 283
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 109
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 312
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 95
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 460
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 676
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 28.7
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 29.3
  44. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 34.1
  45. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 34.2
  46. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 34.4
  47. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.6
  48. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.2
  49. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 40.2
  50. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.1
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.1
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.4
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.5
  54. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.1
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.2
  56. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.3
  57. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.4
  58. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.6
  59. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.8
  60. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.5
  61. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.2
  62. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.8
  63. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 5.3
  64. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 5.4
  65. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.3
  66. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.9
  67. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.10
  68. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.13
  69. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 10.3
  70. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.1
  71. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 1.7
  72. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 17.5
  73. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.10
  74. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 32.5
  75. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 8.7
  76. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 8.8
  77. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 24.1
  78. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 6.2
  79. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 15.3
  80. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 2.2
  81. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 3.1
  82. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 6.9
  83. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 10.2
  84. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 14.6
  85. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 15.9
  86. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 17.2
  87. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 14.2
  88. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 15.6
  89. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 24.10
  90. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.4
  91. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.8
  92. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 27.2
  93. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 33.2
  94. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 1.4
  95. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 1.6
  96. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 1.8
  97. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 3.6
  98. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 4.2
  99. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 4.4
  100. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.1
  101. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.2
  102. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.5
  103. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.6
  104. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.12
  105. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.13
  106. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.14
  107. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 6.2
  108. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 6.3
  109. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 7.1
  110. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 7.2
  111. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 7.6
  112. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.3
  113. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.4
  114. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.7
  115. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 9.1
  116. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 9.4
  117. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 10.4
  118. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.6
  119. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 13.1
  120. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 13.3
  121. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 13.6
  122. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 13.11
  123. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 14.2
  124. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 14.6
  125. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 14.7
  126. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.1
  127. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.3
  128. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.7
  129. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.4
  130. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.1
  131. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.2
  132. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.4
  133. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 18.5
  134. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.2
  135. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.3
  136. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.4
  137. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 22.3
  138. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.1
  139. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.4
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.5
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.6
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.7
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.1
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.3
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.7
  146. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.9
  147. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.10
  148. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 29.9
  149. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 32.5
  150. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 33.1
  151. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 33.6
  152. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.3
  153. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 37.1
  154. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 37.2
  155. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.3
  156. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 2.2
  157. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.3
  158. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 7.6
  159. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 7.7
  160. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 7.8
  161. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.3
  162. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 17.4
  163. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 20.1
  164. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.7
  165. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 32.10
  166. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 32.11
  167. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 35.5
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