Thespiae

Thespiae
/thes"pee ee'/, n.
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.

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Ancient town, Boeotia, eastern central Greece.

It was the site of temples and festivals of the Muses and of Praxiteles' famous statue of Eros. It is important in Greek history chiefly as an enemy of nearby Thebes. Its citizens fought the Persians with Spartan forces under Leonidas at the battles of Thermopylae in 480 BC and Plataea in 479. It served Sparta as a base against Thebes 379–372 BC. The Thebans destroyed it in 371 BC, but it was soon rebuilt. It was an important Boeotian town under the Roman empire.

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▪ ancient city, Greece
Greek  Thespiai,  

      ancient Greek city of Boeotia by the Thespius (modern Kanavári) River and at the eastern foot of Mt. Helicon; site of the “Eros” of Praxiteles, one of the most famous statues in the ancient world, and home of the sanctuaries and festivals of the Muses. Thespiae is important in Greek history chiefly as an enemy of nearby Thebes. After the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, most Boeotian cities joined the Persians, but Thespiae and Plataea continued to resist them. The Thespians, aroused by Theban intervention and enmity, served Sparta as a base against Thebes from 379 to 372. The Thebans destroyed Thespiae in 371 BC, but the town was soon rebuilt. Thespiae survived under the Roman Empire as an important Boeotian town.

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