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A definition or brief description of Thebes.

In Ancient Greece, the greatest city of classical Boeotia and the main rival to Athens and Sparta. Famous citizens included Epaminondas and Pelopidas; in Greek legend, it was the home of Cadmus and Oedipus. The modern municipality (population 36,000) is the chief market town of an agricultural region.

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