Crossword clues for theban
theban
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theban \The"ban\, n. A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
--Shak.
Theban \The"ban\, a. [L. Thebanus.] Of or pertaining to Thebes.
Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days
and 6 hours.
--J. Bryant.
Wikipedia
Theban can refer to:
- A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, Greece.
- A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, Egypt.
- The occult Theban alphabet
Usage examples of "theban".
Theban princes, who threw out the Heracleopolitan kings and again united the country.
Bricks of Nile mud, and Memphite and Theban tombs have yielded us leaves, twigs, and even whole branches of the tamarisk.
Hunting with the bola is constantly represented in the paintings both of the Memphite and Theban periods.
The devices painted on their shields were many: the winged horse of Olynthus, the Theban club of Heracles, the crossed spears of Methone.
As a young man he had been red-haired, like most of the northern Ramessid kings, and the contrast between him and his chestnut-skinned Theban subjects was pronounced.
More than 1,000 Spartiates had died for the loss of 200 Thebans, but at that moment these figures meant nothing to him.
Admiral Antonov and the Tabby were right about Theban underestimation of dieir capabilities.
Pegasus-class light carriers from warp told the Theban defenders of QR-107 another raid was underway.
Parsifal warp point, surging ahead of the lumbering battle-line when the battle had turned into a pursuit, and the cloaked fleet carriers, having dodged the retreating Thebans with almost ludicrous ease, moved to join them.
Thebans erupted into his carriers at what passed for knife-range in space combat.
Too much time, and he watched, nauseated, while the Thebans savaged the virtually unarmed carriers that frantically tried to launch as many of their fighters as possible.
Thebans to shift their defenses in Lorelei to meet a new threat, spreading their forces thinner.
The Thebans had already demonstrated their ability to masquerade as humans over the com, and if they could confuse the defenders, even if only long enough to complete their scans and send back courier drones with exact data on the defenses, the advantage for their follow-on echelons would be incalculable.
There was every reason to assume the missiles had devastated the Theban fortresses as planned, but there was no way to be sure until living flesh committed itself to that warp transit.
The Thebans stood together like Huge families before the pylons, waiting for the processions of priests, which they intended to join in order to march in their train round the great temple of the city, and thence to cross with the festal barks to the Necropolis.