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laxatack7
laxatack7
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High School - 10th Grade

Who was the original founder of Thebes?

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Posted by laxatack7 on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 7:19 PM and tagged with oedipus rex, sophicles.

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  1. sdritter
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    The original founder was Cadmus, who was actually a Phoenician and not a Greek.

    Sources:
    http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/cadmusofthebes/a/Cadmu...

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    Posted by sdritter on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM