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Ancient Thebes

• History of Thebes
  • Orchomenos
  • Amphiaraos departs for Thebes, 560 BC
  • Kadmos and the dragon, 360 - 340 BC
  • Palace of Kadmos, 14th - 13th century BC
  • Trophy at Leuktra, 371 BC
  • Lion of Chaeronea, 338 BC
• Herakles (Hercules)
  • Map of Herakles labors in Peloponnese
  • First labor: The Lion of Nemea
  • Second labor: The Lernean Hydra
  • Third labor: The Hind of Keryneia (Ceryneia)
  • Fourth labor: The boar of the mount Erymanthus
  • Fifth labor: The cleansing of the stables of Augeias
  • Sixth labor: The Stymphalian birds
  • Seventh labor: The Cretan bull
  • Eighth labor: The mares of Diomedes
  • Ninth labor: The girdle of Hyppolyte
  • Tenth labor: The oxen of Geryon
  • Eleventh labor: The golden apples of Hesperides
  • Twelfth labor: The Kerberos (Cerberus)
• Teiresias
• Hesiod, around 800 BC
• Pindar, around 518 BC
• Epameinondas, around 418 BC
• Pelopidas, around 410 BC
• Plutarch, around 50 AD
• Boeotian Art
  • Palace of Kadmos, 14th - 13th century BC
  • Ivory pyxis and vase, 13th century BC
  • Early Helladic jugs, 3000 - 2000 BC
  • Middle Helladic jug, 2000 - 1680 BC
  • Geometric jug, early 8th century BC
  • Sikyonian perfume vase, mid 7th century BC
  • Drinking bowl, mid 6th century BC
  • Crater (vase) with a ship, 730 - 720 BC
  • The birth of Athena, jewel case, 570 - 565 BC
  • Black lekane, 530 - 525 BC
  • Clay statuettes, 525 - 500 BC
  • Clay statuette, 525 - 500 BC
  • Terracotta women kneading dough, 525 - 500 BC
  • Terracotta warrior with charioteer, 7th century BC
  • Terracotta farmers, 6th century BC
  • Tablets with archives, 14th - 13th century BC
  • Boys dancing, jar 4th century BC
  • Kabeiroi vases, 5th century BC - Kabeiros and Pais
  • Kabeiroi cup, 5th century BC - Odysseus and Cirke
  • Skyphos with Homeric scenes, 175 - 150 BC
• Coinage (1)
  • Coinage (2)
  • Coinage (3)
  • Coinage (4)
  • Coinage (5)
• Athletics
• Map of Peloponnese and Boeotia