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Thebes
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece | Paul Cartledge
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The riveting, de�?nitive account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, by the acclaimed author of The Spartans Among the extensive writing available about the history of ancient Greece, there is precious little about the city-state of (…more)
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catiewithac
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A scholar of classical Greece shines a light on Thebes. He has to scrape up some material, because Thebes is always in the middle of the conflicts between Sparta and Athens. I learned A LOT about the Peloponnesian Wars and revisited Theban myths of Oedipus and Antigone. This was a short 11-hour audiobook. 🤓

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vlwelser
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This author tried his best to make this interesting. And some of it definitely was. But this may not be for everyone.

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@TheAromaofBooks

The pub date on this passed before I received it. Sometime in August. #ARC #Abrams #Goodreads

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4y
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