In Switzerland, a whole division of the army, called the Theban Legion. From Wordnik.com. [The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children] Reference
This legion was called the Theban Legion, because the men had been raised in. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Corinna, of Tanagra, sometimes called the Theban because of her long residence at Thebes. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
Maximian is said to have had a whole legion of Christians in his army, called the Theban, from the. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks' History of Rome] Reference
Egypt, called the Sahidic, or Theban, which is a work of the third century, perhaps even of the second. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Lepsius translated from the Turin papyrus; Budge bases his translations on what is called the Theban recension. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy] Reference
Believe you 'the lives of the saints;' that Paul the Theban was the first hermit, and Anthony the first Caenobite?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cloister and the Hearth] Reference
He has strange news to tell; another Theban is a suppliant at the altar of Poseidon close by, craving speech with Oedipus. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
The director said in a recent interview that to give the movie an authentic look, he has used the Witches 'Alphabet known as Theban in it. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
'Theban' here refers to the town of Thebe in Cilicia, mentioned by Homer. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor] Reference
Is JOHN; in plain Theban, that is to say. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1] Reference
Semele, who was called the Theban Bacchus. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII] Reference
Egyptian domain, besides the Theban fragments of the Old. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Lampito here, and the noble Theban, my dear Ismenia. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
Philolaus, a Theban legislator, quits his native country, 64. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
Theban pipers play a Boeotian merchant and his slave into town. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Cadmus, was married to Jocaste, the daughter of a noble Theban. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
But the point is ethical; and what has the Theban to do with ethics?. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
The period of Theban rule was filled, therefore, with perpetual conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
He should have first inquired into the history of the Theban royal house. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Cadmilus seems to show that the Theban Cadmus was originally an ancestral. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
I will end this chapter as I began it, in the defence of the Theban thieves. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
The most ancient catacombs are those of the Theban kings, begun 4,000 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
From the victory of Leuctra dates the short but brilliant period of Theban supremacy. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Part of his boyhood had been passed as a hostage at Thebes in the days of Theban glory. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The Theban Kings and their subjects erected no pyramids, and none of their tombs are structural. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The period of the Twelfth Dynasty, a line of Theban kings, is one of the brightest in Egyptian hhistory. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
A successful revolt at length expelled the intruders and set a new line of Theban monarchs on the throne. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
In later times the noblest Theban families proudly claimed their descent from these mighty earth-born warriors. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Apollo bade the Thebans cast out the murderer of the last King Laius, who was still lurking in Theban territory. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
The Theban Kings who ruled in Upper Egypt during the usurpation of the Hyksos invaders are also exhibited among the lists. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
A fierce battle ensued, in which the Theban leader, after performing prodigies of valour, perished by the hand of Alcmæon. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Those beyond the second door illustrate the temptations and miracles of hermits in the Theban wilderness, by the Lorenzetti. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
"I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban," cried the mad king, one knows not why, when he meets "poor Tom" on the heath. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Alarmed at these orders, each individual of the Theban Legion absolutely refused either to sacrifice or take the oaths prescribed. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
The earlier Memphian kings built great unadorned pyramids, but the later Theban monarchs constructed splendid palaces and temples. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
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