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[[Strabo]] places it at 60 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] from [[Adramyttium]].<ref name=Strabo>{{Cite Strabo|13.1.61}}</ref> [[Pomponius Mela]] says it was between Adramyttium and [[Cisthene (Mysia)|Cisthene]].<ref>{{cite Mela|1.91}}</ref> [[Josef Stauber]] places it in [[Paşa Dağ]], {{convert|2|km}} northeast of [[Edremit, Balıkesir]],<ref>Stauber (2004), pp. 46-47.</ref> however in another previous publication he places it in [[Küçuk Çal Tepe]].<ref>{{cite journal|author= Joseph Stauber|title=Lokalisierung Homeriseher Ortsnamen In Der Bucht Von Edremit Mit Neuer Lokalisierung Von Thebe Und Lyrnessos|language=de|journal= XIV Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı II| url=http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/sempozyum_pdf/arastirmalar/14_arastirma_2.pdf |pages= 102–105|location=Ankara|year= 1996|isbn= 975-17-1725-6|access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref> The editors of the ''[[Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World]]'' settle on a site {{convert|1|mile}} north-northeast of Edremit.<ref>{{Cite Barrington|56}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|27373}}</ref>
Strabo places Thebes and [[Lyrnessus]] "in what was later called the Theban plain." He highlights the fertility and richness of this plain, as do [[Herodotus]],<ref name=Herodotus>{{Cite Herodotus|7.42}}</ref> [[Xenophon]],<ref>[[Xenophon]], ''[[Anabasis (Xenophon)|Anabasis]]'' 7.8; {{Cite Hellenica|4.9}}</ref> [[Polybius]],<ref>{{Cite Polybius|15.1, 31.10}}</ref> and [[Livy]].<ref>{{cite Livy|38.19}}</ref> Historians such as Walter Leaf have speculated on its location, but have not managed to identify the plain nor the city.<ref>Walter Leaf, pp. 306-310.</ref> Strabo, without specifying the time, reports that, due to their fertility, the Theban plain was disputed by the [[Mysians]] and [[Lydians]], and later the Greeks who colonized it coming from [[Aeolis]] and from the island of [[Lesbos]]. He adds that in his times, the second century, the plain was occupied by the people of Adramyttium.<ref name=Strabo/>
The [[toponymy | place name]] differs according to some Greek authors: Ὑποπλάκιος Θήβη.<ref>[[Dicaearchus]] fr.53a, In: Fritz Wehrli, ''Dikaiarchos. Die Schule des Aristoteles. Texte und Kommentar, Hft. one''. Schwabe. 2nd edition (1967) {{in lang|de}}</ref> Θήβη,<ref>{{Cite Iliad|1.366}}</ref> Θήβαι,<ref>{{cite Iliad|22.477}}</ref> Θήβα Πλακία,<ref>[[Sappho]] fr.44.1.6 </ref> and Θῆβε.<ref>{{Cite DARE|27373}}</ref>
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