Thebes

After the death of Oedipus, the two brothers, Eteokles and Polyneikes, agreed to rule Thebes for one year, in turn. But, at the end of the first year, when Plyneikes should have started his turn, Eteokles refused to surrender the throne. Polyneikes was forced into exile and went to king Adrastos of Argos.

There was the succession of kings, Polydoros, Labdakos and Laios, whom Lykos dethroned. The brother of Lykos, Nykteus, had a daughter, Antiope ,who was famous for her beauty among the Greeks.

Cadmus was the founder of this great city which contains many great trials and stories. People were living here, from Neolithic ages and beyond. This was the land of the aboriginal (autochthones) Ectenians, the oldest inhabitants of Boeotia and their famous king Ogyges.