Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Θήβηθεν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Θήβηθεν

Etym.: from Qh/bh

Sense

  1. from Thebes

Examples

  • ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἐγχελύδια Θήβηθεν ἐνίοτ’ ἔρχεται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 58 1:2)
  • διὰ τί δὲ καὶ Κέβητα καὶ Σιμίαν Θήβηθεν παραγίγνεσθαι; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 11 18:3)
  • ψεῦσται δαίμονεσ ἁμερίων ἦ γὰρ ἐὼν Θήβηθεν Ἀτύμνιοσ οὐκέτι πρόσσω ἤνυσεν, ἀλλὰ τεὴν βῶλον ὑπῳκίσατο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3722)
  • περὶ γὰρ τὰσ πύλασ ἀπήντησε τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν κῆρυξ τυφλόσ, ὃσ ἀνδράποδ’ ἀποδεδρακότα, ἀνακομίζων, καὶ καθάπερ ἦν εἰθισμένον, ἀνηγόρευε κηρύττων μήτ’ ἐξάγειν Θήβηθεν μήτ’ ἀφανίζειν, ἀλλ’ ἀπάγοντα πάλιν ἀνασώζειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 49 24:2)
  • ἰῇ ἄρα γεινόμεθ’ αἴσῃ ἀμφότεροι, σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ Πριάμου ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν, οὐκ οἰόνται δεῖν ἐξ εὐθείασ ἀκούειν, "σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν" ἢ Θήβηθεν, ἀλλὰ καθ’ ὑπερβατόν "ἀμφότεροι ἐν Τροίῃ, σὺ μὲν Πριάμου ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 10:17)

Synonyms

  1. from Thebes

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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