Thebes

One of these days somebody ought to write a story about something nice that went down in Thebes. There had to be something happy that happened, right? As it is, we've got story after story of bad things that happened here. The suffering of Oedipus and his kids is only the tip of the iceberg. If you want to dig deeper into this doomed city's tumultuous past check our Euripides' The Bacchae. All in all, this ancient city is synonymous with doom and gloom.