The document summarizes information about the ancient Greek city-state of Thebes. It provides details about Thebes' geography, location in central Greece where the Aeolic Greek dialect was spoken. Evidence found in Thebes includes fortified buildings, tools, and items indicating food and wool production. The document also discusses Theban mythology, religion, and gods associated with Thebes. It notes Thebes had a democratic government and strong military. Finally, it lists some occupations of Thebans and foods that made up their diets.

1. A City-State of Ancient Greece

2. This map depicts the City-States’
Thebes was allied with during
ancient times in addition to other
alliances that existed in the region.
Geography. Thebes is located in a
plain (or low land), between Lake
Yliki (ancient Hylica) to the north. It
is in the Cithaeron mountains, which
divide the regions, Boeotia from
Attica, to the south. Its elevation is
215 meters (705 feet) above mean
sea level.
People chose to live in Thebes
because of its abundant springs of
water and a fertile plain that makes
growing crops easy.

3. • The Ancient City-State Thebes was in
Boeotia, the central region of Greece
where the ancient dialect Aeolic Greek
was spoken. Aeolic was also spoken in
Thessaly, Aeolia and Lesbos.
• Aeolic unlike the other dialects spoken
in Ancient Greece has more archaisms,
in other words, you will not find many
words from Aeolic used in present-day
Greece.

4. • There is evidence in Thebes of
fortified buildings with rock-cut
foundations, stone-paved
courtyards, mud-brick walls and
drains. They used a wheelbarrow, a
crossbow called a gastraphetes,
bronze shields in battle, and they
developed different kinds of
medication.
• There is also evidence of food and
wool production and storage -
grinding stones and terracotta
loom-weights and spools, and
bronze carpentry tools.

5.  Nichomachus of Thebes was a famous wall painter in
Ancient Thebes.
 Ancient Thebes has evidence of Cyclopean stonework
style, wall paintings and linear B script tablets.
o They had jugs, jewelry boxes, vases, bowls.
o Music included playing lyre, flute, • The Theban alphabet is often called "The
Runes of Honorius" It is also known as the
'Witch's Alphabet'.
• It was invented by Honorius of Thebes.
• Direction of writing is left to right in
horizontally lines
• The Theban writing was used by witches,
to write spells, inscriptions, and other
texts
This image is called the Abduction of Persephone by Hades by Nichomachus.

6.  The gods say that every man is entitled a
burial that will allow him to pass to the
afterword.
 Thebes is associated with Greek ledged
and religion.
 They believed in many gods.
 According to mythology, Cadmus was the
founder and first king of Thebes Greece.
He was searching for his sister after Zeus
(the god of sky and weather) abducted
her. When he could not find her he
decided to consult the Oracle and
instead found the City which he called
Thebes, on the Boeotian plains.
 Thebes was the birthplace of Dionysus
(the god of wine, festival and pleasure)
and Heracles (a divine hero and the son
of Zeus).
Cadmus
Zeus
Heracles
Dionysus

7.  The Thebes King was Oedipus.
 Thebes had a democracy system of
government where the people ruled.
 Thebes was a fortified city-state.
 Thebes had a strong military
Some of the jobs Thebans had were…
Barber
Soldiers
Farmers

8. o The women would kneed bread.
o They also ate:
o Grapes
o Wheat
o Grains
o meat-beef was very expensive, poor people only got beef
and pork during religious ceremonies
o Wine
o Olives
o Cheese
o Fish-main diets
o Figs
o Vegetables
o Fruits