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335 bc
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Thebes is the setting of oedipus rex Thebes is the theme of oedipus rex Thebes is the rival of oedipus rex Thebes is the downfall of oedipus rex?
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
Was Thebes the rival of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
What great service did Oedipus provide the city when he first arrived in thebes?
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
Why does Polyneices bring an army against Thebes?
Polyneices and his brother Eteocles were both the kings of Thebes. Eteocles overthrows his brother and becomes the only king of Thebes. Polyneices in retaliation gathers an army from Argos and marches on Thebes.
What city in Boeotia was destroyed by Alexander the Great?
Thebes, as a warning to other cities not to rebel.
When was Thebes destroyed?
Egyptian Thebes was inhabited from 3200 BC. There are no hard facts of the early history og Thebes in Greece.
City destroyed by alexander to prove he was ready to be king?
Thebes
Who is house was the only one standing when Thebes was destroyed by Alexander?
Pindar's the poet
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.
Who is house was the only one left standing when thebes were destroyed by Alexander?
Pindar the poet was spared
Why did Alexander the great destroy Thebes after he conquered it?
Alexander the great destroyed Thebis after he conquered it as an example to others.
Which city-state did Alexander not unite with?
Thebes - he destroyed it and sold the people into slavery as a warning to the others after it revolted.
What was the punishment if they disrespected Alexander the Great?
Death. Thebes rebelled when he first took power and he destroyed Thebes, killed 6,000, and the remaining were sold into slavery. After that all thoughts of rebelling were given up.
How did Philip make Greek cities join him?
He defeated Thebes and Athens and then destroyed Thebes when it revolted and sold its people into slavery. He also offered them a share in the spoils of his planned capture of the Persian Empire.
What is Thebes famous for?
Thebes in Egypt is famous because it was the capitol of Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom. Thebes in Greece is famous because it was a major power during the period of the city-states. It was a major rival of Athens, sided with the Persians during Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 BC, and ended the power of Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. Thebes was conquered and destroyed as a power by Phillip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great, in 335 BC after their elite military group, the Sacred Band of Thebes, was destroyed in 338 BC.
Why did the Athens surrender so quickly to Alexander?
Alexander had destroyed Thebes and sold its people into slavery as a warning to other cites.
