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Cadmus, in Greek legend, son of Agenor Agenor (əjē`nôr), in Greek mythology. 1 King of Tyre, father of Cadmus and Europa. ..... Click the link for more information. and founder of Thebes Thebes, chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. It was originally a Mycenaean city. Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus ; the Seven against Thebes ; Epigoni ). Sometime before 1000 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . Misfortune followed his family because he killed the sacred dragon that guarded the spring of Ares. Athena told him to sow the dragon's teeth, and from these sprang the Sparti [sown men], ancestors of the noble families of Thebes. Cadmus married Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. At their wedding he presented her with a sacred robe and necklace, made by Hephaestus, which later brought misfortune to their possessors (see Amphiaraüs Amphiaraüs (ăm'fēərā`əs), in Greek mythology, a prophet, one of the ill-fated Seven against Thebes . ..... Click the link for more information. ; Alcmaeon Alcmaeon (ălkmē`ən) ..... Click the link for more information. ). They had four daughters—Ino, Semele, Autonoe, and Agave. In their old age Cadmus and Harmonia were turned into serpents by Zeus and sent to live in the Elysian fields. CadmusIn Greek mythology, the son of the king of Phoenicia, brother of Europa, and founder of Thebes. When Zeus carried off Europa, Cadmus was sent to find her. The Delphic oracle ordered him to end his search, follow a cow, and build a town where it lay down. That town became Thebes. He built the citadel of Thebes with the help of fierce armed men who sprang up where he sowed the teeth of a dragon he had slain. He married Harmonia, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, and their five children included Semele. Cadmus was said to have brought the alphabet to Greece. Cadmus introduced the alphabet to the Greeks. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 161] See : Education Cadmus sows dragon’s teeth that turn into armed men. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 180] See : Transformation How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Seated on the grass, the child was almost hidden under an abundance of buds and blossoms, whence her rosy face peeped merrily out, and, as Cadmus said, was the prettiest of all the flowers. When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea, saw him. Grim war and dread battle destroyed a part of them, some in the land of Cadmus at seven- gated Thebe when they fought for the flocks of Oedipus, and some, when it had brought them in ships over the great sea gulf to Troy for rich-haired Helen's sake: there death's end enshrouded a part of them. |
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