The House of Thebes

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The House of Thebes

• By Trevor Hargrove,
• David Babb,
• And Franz Sanchez

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Caution
This power point is silly, stupid, a little
redundant yet educating but dont fall asleep
you dont know what might pop out at you
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The Royal House of Thebes

•   The royal house of Thebes began when Cadmus
  founded the city of Thebes. Here he turned this
  deserted land into a great city. Where he
  introduced the alphabet and started the interest
  of astronomy.

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The Royal House of Thebes

• Later Oedipus ruled not knowing he was married
  to his mother. However, he was put in exile and
  blinded himself.

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The Royal House of Thebes

• While he was a way his daughter Antigun
  disappeared from Thebes. When she returned to
  Thebes she found out that her brothers were
  fighting against each other in the War of Seven
  Against Thebes, and they killed each other.

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BOO
STAY AWAKE!!!
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The Royal House of Thebes

• Against her Uncles wishes Antigone gave her
  brother a proper burial therefore, she was to be
  buried alive. The fall of the house came when the
  Athenians conquered the Thebes.  

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Cadmus Founder of Thebes

• While Cadmus is in search of his abducted
  sister, Europa, he was taken by Zeus who was
  disguised in the form of a bull.

BULL!!!!!
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Cadmus Founder of Thebes
Cadmus and his brothers were told by their
father, King Agenor I, to find the princess and
to not return until she was home safely.
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• The bull took Europa to the land above
  Peloponnesus and was never seen again by her
  brothers or her family. While the brothers were
  on their journey, each gave up looking for her
  and founded a new kingdom.

OMG!!! ITS EUROPA
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• During Cadmus' search he came ashore on
  Calliste, also known as Crete, and Thera, where
  he left enough settlers to form a new kingdom
  under Membliarus' leadership. After Cadmus' short
  stop on Crete he journeyed further where he saw
  his mother for the first time in a long while.
  Camdus also met and married his wife, Hermonia at
  this island.

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• Once again Cadmus went to Delphi in search of
  his sister in hopes of finding information on
  her. Instead, he was told that his destiny was to
  found a new kingdom. On this land he claimed a
  dragon lived that was owned by Ares. The dragon
  was guarding a spring and would let anyone cross
  or take water from the spring.

RARR
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Cadmus Founder of Thebes
This water killed some of Cadmus' men. He then
realized that the water was important to the
growth of the city, so he attacked and killed the
dragon. However, because the dragon belonged to
Ares, Cadmus was forced to serve Ares for eight
years.
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Cadmus Founder of Thebes

• Using the Dragon's teeth, Cadmus sowed the land
  he owned. Armed men called, Sparti, rose from the
  ground and in the confusion of Cadmus throwing
  rocks at them, they attacked each other in which
  only five survived and eventually allied with
  Cadmus.

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Antigone

• Antigone is daughter of Oedipus and Oedipus'
  mother,Jocasta. Oedipus blinded himself and
  traveled around the countryside until his death
  with Antigone, after becoming an outcast by his
  own country men.

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Antigone

• When Antigone returned to Thebes, and heard of
  the War of Seven Against Thebes she found out
  that her two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices,
  were on opposing sides. The two brothers killed
  each other in front of the gates of Thebes.
  Eteocles was given a proper burial, but Polynices
  brought foreign men into the country to fight the
  war and was forbidden to have a proper burial.

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Antigone

• Antigone went against her uncle's wishes and
  performed funeral rites for Polynices. Therefore,
  Creon condemned her to be buried alive for
  disregarding orders. She instead hanged herself
  and her fiance ,Haemon, who was Creon's son,
  killed himself over her corpse.

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The End
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