Province of the Byzantine Empire, Diocese of Egypt
c. 293–641
Capital
Ptolemais
Historical era
Late Antiquity
• Division by emperor Diocletian
c. 293
• Persian occupation
612–628
• Conquest by Arabs
641
Today part of
Egypt
Map of the late Roman Diocese of Egypt, with Thebais in the south.
The Thebaid or Thebais (Greek: Θηβαΐς, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.[1]
^Windham, Dharma (March 2006). Reluctant Goddess: Kleopatra and the Stolen Throne. Infinity Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7414-3092-2.
The Thebaid or Thebais (Greek: Θηβαΐς, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan...
century CE. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the Thebaid; a collection of occasional poetry, the Silvae; and an unfinished epic...
Northern Thebaid (Russian: Северная Фиваида), is the poetic name of the northern Russian lands surrounding Vologda and Belozersk, appeared as a comparison...
Qena (Arabic: قنا Qinā [ˈʔenæ], locally: [ˈɡena]; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲛⲏ Konē) is a city in Upper Egypt, and the capital of the Qena Governorate. Situated on the...
the Jews Statius, Thebaid, 6. 837, 10. 249 Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Amathous Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Gaza Statius, Thebaid, 6. 346 Servius on...
and death. This relationship is very clear in Roman epics like Statius's Thebaid, where they are mentioned taking souls to be judged by Hades and inflicting...
Tartarus in the Underworld, warning others not to despise the gods. In the Thebaid of Statius, Phlegyas is also shown to be in the Underworld entombed in...
Homer and Hesiod, several epigrams, the Little Iliad, the Nostoi, the Thebaid, the Cypria, the Epigoni, the comic mini-epic Batrachomyomachia ("The Frog–Mouse...
opening poem of the Theban Cycle. The Thebaid: contain 7,000 verses, also known as Thebais or the Cyclic Thebaid. It is an ancient Greek epic whose author's...
cutting of hair and the undressing of garments at the altar. Statius in Thebaid (1st century) describes the altar to Clementia in Athens (treating Eleos...
one of only two surviving Latin epics to do so (the other being Statius' Thebaid). The ending acts as a declaration that everything except his poetry—even...
the time of day that they manifest. Description of Tisiphone in Statius' Thebaid: So prayed he, and the cruel goddess turned her grim visage to hearken...
revolted, eventually setting up a native breakaway Egyptian state in the Thebaid between 205 and 186/185 BC, severely weakening the Ptolemaic state. Ptolemy's...
Valerius Flaccus, 3.529 ff.; Statius, Silvae 1.5.22 & 3.4.42 Statius, Thebaid 2.614 ff. Valerius Flaccus, 2.174 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography...
at the Perseus Project. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface. Statius, Thebaid 10.90 ff. Statius, Thebaid 10.86–92 This article incorporates text from this source,...
subjects against the fear of death.[better source needed] Statius in the Thebaid (Book 3, line 661) aired the irreverent suggestion that "fear first made...
she is eventually killed (72). Just as the Cyclic Thebaid had been, the Latin poet Statius's Thebaid (c. 92 AD), is devoted entirely to the story of the...
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