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What are the people of Thebes called?
The people of Thebes are known as Thebans.
How did Alexander respond to the Theban rebellion?
When Philip died, the people in the Greek city of Thebes rebelled. Alexander attacked Thebes and enslaved the Theban people. He used Thebes as an example of what would happen if any other Greek cities rebelled against him. Alexander went on to defeat the Persians time after time and to conquer Egypt. He became ruler of what had been the Persian empire. Before his death at 33 years of age, Alexander the Great (as he came to be called) had built an empire stretching from the Adriatic Sea west to India and to the Upper Nile in the south.
Who relieves Thebes of taxation by the Sphinx in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is Oedipus who relieves Thebes of the Sphinx in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx imposes a riddle and a tax on all Thebes. She particularly likes to ask a riddle to which incoming and outgoing Thebans must respond upon pain of death. Thebans remain clueless and so the Sphinx gets to feed her limitless appetite for freshly killed Thebans.
How does Creon put Thebes first in 'Antigone'?
It is in protecting the security of his hometown from future civil wars that Creon puts Thebes first in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes experiences the first civil war over the Thebal royal succession. The war pits Thebans against Thebans in a bloody war that causes great damage to the city and the surrounding sacred area. Theban King Creon plans to discourage future bloodshed by denying disloyal Thebans of their unique Theban identity. He says that Thebans who attack their hometown will be denied their god-given rights as Thebans to below ground burials and proper funeral rites.
How did Oedipus liberates Thebes?
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
In the book Antigone The army who attacked Thebes was from where?
Argos.
How did Oedipus once liberate thebes?
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
How Oedipus once liberated Thebes?
Oedipus liberated Thebes by solving the Sphinx's riddle. The Sphinx had placed a heavy tax on the Thebans and forced them into poverty. Oedipus was able to conquer and banish the Sphinx.
What does Creon tell Thebes?
That a pestilence is caused by the unsolved murder of Theban King Laius is what Theban King Creon tells the people of Thebes in the play 'Oedipus Rex'. He has that information from the reliable Oracle at Apollo's Shrine. He goes on to explain that according to the Delphic Oracle, the murderer or murderers must be identified and punished with execution or exile for the pestilence to end.That god given grants to proper burials will not be honored for all the Theban dead in a recent civil war is what Theban King Creon tells the people of Thebes in the play 'Antigone'. He makes this decision on his own, in complete contradiction of the will of the gods. He specifies that those Thebans who die disloyal to Thebes are considered traitors, not Thebans, in death. Only Thebans who die loyal to Thebes are considered Thebans, and therefore eligible for their god given rights to proper below ground burials and accompanying rites.
Why did Alexander destroy Thebes?
Alexander destroyed Thebes because he was using it as an example to other Greeks of what would happen if they turned against him.
What does Oedipus free Thebans from in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The Sphinx is what Oedipus frees Thebans from in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. -- 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx appears outside Thebes after Theban King Laius goes to consult the Delphic oracle and never returns. She makes a monster out of herself by killing and eating all incoming/outgoing Thebans who cannot answer her riddle. Oedipus figures out the riddle, inspires the Sphinx to commit suicide, and thereby frees Thebes.
What was the first place Alexander couquered?
City of Thebes
