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Line 1: '''Thebe''' was ~~the sacred~~a city ~~of [[Eetion]]~~ in [[Greek mythology]]. It was located in or near the [[Troad]], in a region termed ''Cilicia''<ref>This Cilicia was distinct from the more famous [[Cilicia]] in southern Asia Minor.</ref>, and was also called ''Cilician Thebe(s)'' to distinguish it from the [[Boeotia]]n city of [[Thebes (Greece)\|Thebes]]. Alternative names include ''Placia'', ''Hypoplacia'' and ''Hypoplacian Thebe(s)'', referring to the city's position at the foot of Mount Placus. Thebe was the home city of [[Chryseis]] (the captured [[concubine]] of [[Agamemnon]]) and [[Briseis]] (the captured concubine of [[Achilleus]]). It was sacked by Achilleus and the [[Achaia]]ns (who carried off the women mentioned above). When Chryseis's father comes to Agamemnon to ransom back his daughter, the [[Iliad]] begins. Thebe was also the birthplace of [[Andromache]], daughter of Eetion and the wife of [[Hector]]. According to one account, the city of Thebe was founded by the hero [[Heracles]] after his sack of [[Troy]] during the reign of King [[Laomedon]]; Heracles named the city after his birthplace, Thebes in Boeotia. At the time of the [[Trojan War]], Hypoplacian Thebe was in the hands of a people known as the Cilicians, and ruled by [[King [[Eetion]]. == References ==

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