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wall built around Thebes by Amphion and Zethus

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wall built around Thebes by Amphion and Zethus
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Thebes1 observation
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The wall built by Amphion and Zethus surrounded Thebes.

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“‘Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two sons Amphion and Zethus. These founded Thebes with its seven gates, and built a wall all round it; for strong though they were they could not hold Thebes till they had walled it. ”

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Amphion and Zethus build a wall all around Thebes so they can hold the city.

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“built a wall all round it; for strong though they were they could not hold Thebes till they had walled it”

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“built a wall all round it”

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Book 11 · Passage 20

‘Next to her I saw Antiope, daughter to Asopus, who could boast of having slept in the arms of even Jove himself, and who bore him two sons Amphion and Zethus. These founded Thebes with its seven gates, and built a wall all round it; for strong though they were they could not hold Thebes till they had walled it.