Thebes /θiːbz/ BrE AmE
1 . an ancient city in southern Egypt, where there are ancient ↑ temple s (=religious buildings) and ↑ tomb s (=places where dead people are buried)
2 . an ancient city in eastern Greece, northwest of Athens, where Oedipus was king according to old Greek stories. It was destroyed by Alexander the Great.
—Theban noun , adjective