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T to Theban Plays Thebe to Thrasymedes Thriambos to Tyrtaeus
An ancient city at the foot of Mount Helikon (Helicon) where the Muse performed their contests.
When the Persian army of king Xerxes invaded Greece in 480 BCE, Thespiae and Plataea were the only two cities in Boeotia to refuse to give earth and water, i.e., surrender, to the Persians.
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T to Theban Plays Thebe to Thrasymedes Thriambos to Tyrtaeus
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