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Cadmus

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Cad·mus  (kdms)
n. Greek Mythology
A Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth, from which sprang up an army of men who fought one another until only five survived. With these five men Cadmus founded the city of Thebes.
[Greek Kadmos, of Phoenician origin; see qdm in Semitic roots.]
Cadmus [ˈkædməs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and planted its teeth, from which sprang a multitude of warriors who fought among themselves until only five remained, who joined Cadmus to found Thebes
Cadmean  adj
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Noun1.Cadmus - (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction


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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.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea, saw him.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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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