Thebes (Greece)

Cadmus slays the dragon of Ares - sows its teeth which spring up as warriors, founds Thebes (Greek chronicles)

Maenads tear apart men - women in Dionysian frenzy reportedly dismember Pentheus of Thebes, drink wine, handle snakes, eat raw flesh

Alexander destroys Thebes - 6,000 killed, 30,000 enslaved, spares only house of poet Pindar