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Thebes

Thebes, Greece
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About Thebes

Thebes is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Boeotia and a major center for the region, along with Livadeia and Tanagra.

On the show โ€” 4 mentions total

In Thebes, they had a secret band of an army where they were all lovers, all gay lovers, so they would all be in this army together and they would all be fighting.

from 255: No Such Thing As A Bouncy Asteroid, 2019-02-08 at 00:09:32 ยท read transcript

Other times Thebes came up

  1. Yeah, you get paint. I can't believe that. It's extraordinary. They used it as like a panacea as well, that they would use this mummy, and then they would take it as a medicine for any illness. I think they used it, people in Thebes used it until the 20th century to heal bruises. Really? It's amazingly cavalier, considering. It's just a bruise. You don't need to heal a bruise.

    No Such Thing As A Worthless Bucket Of Urine, 2015-03-13 ยท listen

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Coordinates: 38.3208, 23.3178

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