About the Book: Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author
of The Spartans. 'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a
city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the
modern. A masterful book written by a master historian. Bettany Hughes,
bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of Troy Continuously inhabited for five
millennia, and at one point the most powerful city in Ancient Greece, Thebes has
been overshadowed by its better-known rivals, Athens and Sparta. According to
myth, the city was founded when Kadmos sowed