Theban
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Theban can refer to:
- A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, GreeceThebes, GreeceThebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others...
. - A thing or person of or from the city of Thebes, EgyptThebes, EgyptThebes is the Greek name for a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile within the modern city of Luxor. The Theban Necropolis is situated nearby on the west bank of the Nile.-History:...
. - The occult Theban alphabetTheban alphabetThe Theban alphabet is a writing system with unknown origins. It was first published in Johannes Trithemius' Polygraphia , in which it was attributed to Honorius of Thebes. Trithemius' student Agrippa attributed it to Pietro d'Abano...