This war is found in plays a thousand years later, and rests in the area of mythology and legends (traditional tales) rather than history. It predates cursive writing, so we have no direct accounts of the events.
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From archaeological evidence, Thebes was destroyed in the 13th Century BCE, so this is in all probability the event protrayed in the plays.