Thebes (Thiva) is a decent sized town in Boeotia. This was one of the most important Mycenaean cities from Greek legend. Oedipus was king of Thebes as were Cadmus and Pentheius. The god Dionysus was born here. The city was sacked by the Seven Against Thebes just before the Trojan War which is why none of their heroes showed up. The modern city hasn't really got much to recommend it. We never got out of our car on account of it being a death trap. The traffic patter here was really dreadful and we nearly got hit twice, which is twice more than in the rest of Greece. From what we saw there wasn't much here. There's the Cadmeion which was the citadel on the the hill where palace used to be but it's really nothing but a pile of rocks at this point. There are a few other sites around the city but they're not much. The bus stops here so if you get a bus to or from Athens you can see it out your window.
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