a bloodthirsty monster and inept rulers all tested the fortitude of the citizens of Thebes. Art historian Renee Gondek explores this convergence of calamities though the focus of Oedipus the King.

The city sits on what was once the ancient city of Thebes, the capital of unified Egypt for hundreds of years. At the height of Egypt's powers, it was world's center of art, business, and culture.

Art changed again in the reign of Akenhaten ... But like his decision to abandon Thebes and Amen-Re for Amarna and Aten, the changes died with him. The backlash against his actions and ideas ...

"Thebes" begins with the blinding of Oedipus and ... It goes beyond mere words with larger-than-life truths expressed through its art forms. Indeed a theatrical experience of monumental proportions.

Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...

This somber locale sets the tone for the solemn philosophical questions asked in âÄúThe Burial at Thebes.âÄù The inevitable outcome to this contemporary reading of SophoclesâÄô âÄúAntigoneâÄù makes ...

Ancient Thebes is re-imagined as a present-day African state, strongly reminiscent of Liberia. The play speculates on what would happen if Creon's wife, Eurydice, assumed power in an update of ...