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Queen of Thebes can refer to:

  • Nycteïs, wife of Polydorus
  • Jocasta, wife/mother of Oedipus
  • Ino (Greek mythology), daughter of Cadmus
  • Niobe, wife of Amphion
  • Retrea, mother of Orion (mythology)

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Queen of Thebes

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Queen of Thebes can refer to: Nycteïs, wife of Polydorus Jocasta, wife/mother of Oedipus Ino (Greek mythology), daughter of Cadmus Niobe, wife of Amphion...

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Oedipus

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harsh universe. In the best-known version of the myth, Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. Laius wished to thwart the prophecy, so...

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Jocasta

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was a daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi Echion, and queen consort of Thebes. She was the wife of first Laius, then of their son Oedipus...

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Dirce

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"cleft") was a queen of Thebes as the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology. Dirce was a daughter of the river-gods Achelous or Ismenus, or of Helios. After...

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Theban kings in Greek mythology

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that would become Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes during the reign of Amphion and Zethus...

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Leto

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Leto has demanded the women of Thebes to go to her temple and burn incense. Niobe, queen of Thebes, enters in the midst of the worship and insults the...

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De Mulieribus Claris

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queens of the Amazons 13. Thisbe, a Babylonian maiden 14. Hypermnestra, queen of the Argives and priestess of Juno 15. Niobe, queen of Thebes 16. Hypsipyle...

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Accidental incest

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gets caught up in the politics of Thebes and ends up marrying the recently widowed queen of Thebes, Jocasta. At the climax of the play it is revealed to both...

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Ino

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to: I-No, a character in the Guilty Gear series of video games Ino (Greek mythology), a queen of Thebes in Greek mythology INO Records, an American Christian...

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Peitho

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paired with the early kings of the city, functioning as a civic unifier in a similar role as Harmonia, the first Queen of Thebes. On a 4th century vase from...

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Apollo

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Leto arrived at Thebes, fetal Apollo prophesied from his mother's womb that in the future he would punish a slanderous woman in Thebes (Niobe), so he did...

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List of Greek mythological figures

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Odysseus Theoclymenus, an Argive seer Tiresias, blind prophet of Thebes Aegea, a queen of the Amazons Aella (Ἄελλα), an Amazon who was killed by Heracles...

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Artemis

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story of Niobe, queen of Thebes and wife of Amphion, who blasphemously boasted of being superior to Leto. This myth is very old; Homer knew of it and...

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Seven against Thebes

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against Thebes were seven champions in Greek mythology who made war on Thebes. They were chosen by Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive...

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Antigone

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daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes. Her mother is Jocasta. In another variation of the myth, her mother is Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices...

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Jean Racine

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stranger on the road to Thebes, and marrying the widowed Queen of Thebes after solving the Sphinx's riddle), nor is it simply an error of judgment (as when...

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Cadmus

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hero and founder of Boeotian Thebes. He was, alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. Commonly...

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De casibus virorum illustrium

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King of Thebes Jocasta, Queen of Thebes Thyestes and Atreus Theseus, King of Athens Priam, King of Troy, and his wife Hecuba Agamemnon, King of Mycenae...

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Cleopatra

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March 51 BC, when Cleopatra, in her first act as queen, began her voyage to Hermonthis, near Thebes, to install a new sacred Buchis bull, worshiped as...

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Nefertiti

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relocation of the capital back to the traditional city of Thebes. In the 20th century, Nefertiti was made famous by the discovery and display of her ancient...

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Laius

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romanized: Láïos) of Thebes was a key personage in the Theban founding myth. Laius was the son of Labdacus. He was the father, by Jocasta, of Oedipus, who...

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