Thebaïd, a. and n.
(ˈθiːbeɪɪd)
[ad. Gr. θηβα{giumlacu}ς, -ιδ-, L. Thēbais, -id-.]
a. adj. Pertaining to Thebes; usually b. n. the territory belonging to (a) Egyptian, or (b) Bœotian Thebes; the name of certain poems, esp. that of Statius relating to Bœotian Thebes.
| [1687 Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 175 Captos, a Town of the Thebais (the Ruines whereof are still to be seen betwixt Cossir and Chana).] 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Thebaid, Thebais, a famous heroic poem of Statius. 1776 Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad Introd. 146 The Iliad, the Eneid, and all those poems which may be classed with the Thebaid. 1839 Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. II. 453/2 Thebaid [porphyry] red ground, with yellow spots. 1854 Whittier Hermit of Thebaid 115 Its holiest saint the Thebaid lost, And found a man! 1876 Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 241 Ammon was the god especially of the Thebaid. |