Θῆβαι , ῶν, and Θήβη:
Thebes or
Thebē—(1) the city in Boeotia,
founded by Cadmus and fortified by Amphīon and Zethus,
epithets ἑπτάπυλος, ἐυστέφανος,
πολυήρατος.—(2) Egyptian Thebes, on the Nile,
called ἑκατόμπυλαι, Ι 381, Od. 4.126.—(3) a city in the
Troad, at the foot of Mt. Placus, the residence of king Eetion, Il. 1.366, Il.
6.397.