Definition of: Thebes

(thēbz)
1. The ancient capital of Upper Egypt; Luxor and Karnak occupy part of its site on the Nile: Greek Diospolis.
2. The chief city of ancient Boeotia, Greece; destroyed in 336 B.C. by Alexander the Great: also The·bae (thē′bē).
3. A commercial city in east central Greece on the site of ancient Thebes; important in the Middle Ages: Greek The·vai or Thi·vai (thē′vā).
—The·ban (thē′·bən) adjective & noun