The city-state ruled by Oedipus

By: Lauryn Hentz, Maggie Heubeck, CJ Haas, Paige Gregg

Period 1 Sept. 24 2013

What was the land and climate in Thebes

and where was it located? Thebes is situated in a plain, between Lake

Yliki to the north, and the Cithaeron mountains, which divide Boeotia from Attica, to the south. Its elevation is 227 yards above mean sea level. It is about 31 miles northwest of Athens, and 62 miles southeast of Lamia.

Geography

What kind of agriculture did and food did your city state produce and eat?o The women would kneed bread.o They also ate:o Grapeso Wheat o Grainso meat-beef was very expensive, poor people only got beef and pork during religious

ceremonieso Wine o Oliveso Cheeseo Fish-main diets o Figso Vegetableso fruits

Stable Food Source

What system of government did Thebes have to

direct people’s behavior and make life orderly? Thebes king is Oedipus Thebes had a democracy which is a system of

government where the people rule. Thebes is a fortified city-state Has military strength

Government

Religion

What are the beliefs and forms of worship in Thebes and how did this affect daily life in your Thebes? 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.

What kind of buildings, temples, and public works were produced?o Palatial buildings of two stories with wall paintings,

greater fortifications, workshops, stone built aqueducts with terracotta pipes.

o Aqueducts means to transport water from one place to another

o Fortified buildings with:o Rock cut fountainso Courtyardso Walls and drains

Architecture

Social Structure

What kinds of jobs did the people of your Thebes do and what were the social levels? Some of the jobs Thebans had were… Barber Soldiers Farmers Social Levels The social levels starting from the top where Kings,

soldiers, artisans, shop keepers, and then slaves.

What kind of culture or forms of expression did your city have?o They had jugs, jewelry boxes, vases, bowls.o They had many animals and people on the vases and

bowls.o They had many statues.o Music included playing lyre, flute,

The Arts

What kind of written language did Thebes use and

how did they record the information? 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 It disguises the meaning of a text and also gives it a mystical quality

Writing

Technology

What kinds of tools, weapons, and inventions did your Thebes create? They used the wheel barrow. A weapon they used was the Crossbow called the

gastraphetes. . They used bronze shields to use in battle. They came up with different medicines.

What was the lasting impression Thebes

left? Thebes although developed came to a end in

290 BC after the Thebes was destroyed by Sulla, in the war against Rome. Half of its territory was given to Delphians, for compensation of theft of the Oracle.

Legacy

480 BCE: Thebes sides with Persia during

Xerxes invasion of Greece. 431 BCE – 404 BCE: Thebes sides with Sparta

against Athens in the Peloponnesian War 375 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta at the Battle of

Tegyra 371 BCE: Thebes defeats Sparta in the Battle of

Leuktra 371 BCE – 362 BCE: Thebes is the dominant

city-state in Greece.

Important Dates