Thebaïdadj.n.
/ˈθiːbeɪɪd/ A. adj.
Pertaining to Thebes.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in North Africa > ancient
Punicalc1450
Punic1533
Carthaginian1594
Punicean1600
Thebana1684
Thebaic1687
Thebaïd1839
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 453/2 Thebaid [porphyry] red ground, with yellow spots.
B. n.
The territory belonging to (a) Egyptian, or (b) Bœotian Thebes; the name of certain poems, esp. that of Statius relating to Bœotian Thebes.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems
AeneidOE
OdysseyOE
Iliad1579
Ramayana1714
Theseid1725
Thebaïd1728
Cid1755
Mahabharata1768
Nibelungenlied1810
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [noun] > Macedonia or Thebes
Macedon1584
Thebaïd1854
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 175 Captos, a Town of the Thebais (the Ruines whereof are still to be seen betwixt Cossir and Chana).]
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Thebaid, Thebais, a famous heroic Poem of Statius the Subject whereof is the Civil War of Thebes.
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxlvi The Iliad, the Eneid, and all those poems which may be classed with the Thebaid.
1854 J. G. Whittier Hermit of Thebaid 115 Its holiest saint the Thebaid lost, And found a man!
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 241 Ammon was the god especially of the Thebaid.
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