British Library Royal MS 18 D II is a mid-fifteenth-century parchment codex, containing John Lydgate's Testament, Siege of
Thebes, and Troy Book, alongside verses by William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris and other minor pieces.
Hatshepsut laid out a sacred landscape at
Thebes, and linked this architectural configuration to the god Amun in a fashion which allowed Amun to outlast Dyn.
The storyline of the play focuses on the social, legal and spiritual dynamics of a war-torn dynasty in
Thebes, with the daughter of Oedipus, Antigone, clashing with her uncle, King Creon, who punishes her actions before ultimately forgiving her.
The
Thebes Reach presents problems for maintaining a safe and reliable navigation channel in the Mississippi River.
These findings, discovered during the 12th campaign of archeological excavations of the project, shed light on a little-known historical period in which
Thebes becomes the capital of the kingdom and the empire's foundations become established with the dominance of Egypt over Palestine and Syria to the north, and over Nubia to the south.
Gods, protectors, patrons of
Thebes, come and see this knot of
By the Hellenistic period, the three mystery cult sites at Eleusis, Samothrace, and
Thebes had all expanded and developed into large temple complexes, mirroring the general layout and geography of the ancient city, polis.
Oedipus Rex, apart from the undeniable literary and historic value, also presents significant medical interest because the play mentions a plague, an epidemic, which was devastating
Thebes, the town of Oedipus' hegemony.
It is not known how they found their way from
Thebes to Cork.