Thebe
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Thebe the place
divinely blessed Thebe · horse-driving Thebe · my mother, Thebe
in the texts
Isthmean
The eponymous nymph/personification of the city of Thebes, addressed by the poet as 'mother' and questioned about her mythic history.
My mother, Thebe of the golden shield, I shall place your interests above my lack of leisure.
In which of the local glories of the past, divinely blessed Thebe, did you most delight your spirit?
Olympian
Nymph daughter of Metopa, eponym of Thebes, whose waters the poet claims to drink as he composes.
My mother’s mother was the nymph of Stymphalus, blossoming Metopa, who bore horse-driving Thebe, whose delicious water I drink, while I weave my embroidered song for heroic spearmen.