Thebais (art)

Thebaïs (Θηβαϊς) are some pictorial representations of the hermit life. They got their name after special hermitages that were located in the Egyptian region of Thebais . Well-known anchorites in this region were, among others, the first hermit Paulus of Thebes and Antonius the Great , whose life was therefore particularly often received in art.

literature

• Joachim Latacz : Thebais. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 , Sp. 294 f.