thebaid

noun

1. the ancient region surrounding Thebes, in Egypt.

noun

1. the territory around ancient Thebes in Egypt, or sometimes around Thebes in Greece

n.1727, “district around Thebes (in Egypt),” formerly haunted by hermits and ascetics. Also, “pertaining to (Boeotian) Thebes” in Greece, especially in reference to the poem by Statius.