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NW of Thebes, Greece: view of Mt. Parnassus. The plain of Thebes is a major cotton-producing area. It used to be a lake, but was deliberately drained in the early 20th c AD to prevent the spread of malaria. This area was the stronghold of the Bronze-age Myceneans. Thebes was the home of Oedipus.