Editing Thebes, Greece (section)

==Notable people==
===Ancient===
* [[Pindar]] (c. 518–443 BC), poet
* [[Attaginus]] (5th century BC), oligarch 
* [[Pelopidas]] (c. 420–365) general and statesman, led rebellion against Sparta, commanded the Theban "Sacred band" at Leuctra
* [[Epaminondas]] (c. 418–362 BC) general and statesman, commanded the Theban forces at the battles of Leuctra and Mantinea
* [[Aristides of Thebes]] (4th century BC), painter
* [[Nicomachus of Thebes]] (4th century BC), painter
* [[Crates of Thebes]] (c. 365 – c. 285 BC), [[Cynicism (philosophy)|Cynic]] philosopher
* [[Kleitomachos (athlete)|Kleitomachos]] (3rd century BC), athlete
* [[Luke the Evangelist]] (died 84 AD), buried here
* [[Rufus of Thebes]] (1st century), bishop of Thebes

===Modern===
* [[Theodoros Vryzakis]] (c. 1814–1878) painter
* [[Alexandros Merentitis]] (1880–1964), military officer
* [[Panagiotis Bratsiotis]] (1889–1982), theologian
* [[Pandelis Pouliopoulos]] (1900–1943), Greek communist politician
* [[Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens]] (born 1938)
* [[Haris Alexiou]] (born 1950), singer
* [[Evangelos Bassiakos]] (1954–2017), politician