Pages

Monday, June 17, 2024

Epaminondas, the Ancient Greek General Who Made Thebes Great

Epaminondas was a general and statesman who beat the Spartans and, for a short period in 4th century BC, made Thebes the greatest power of ancient Greece. Thebes is a city in Boeotia in Central Greece. In ancient times, it was steeped in mythology. Heracles, Dionysus, and Oedipus, for instance, are mythological figures who originated […]


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT greekreporter.com