Cadmus (In Greek mythology

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• Theban kings in Greek mythology — The dynastic history of Thebes in Greek mythology is crowded with a bewildering number of kings between the city s new foundation (by Cadmus) and the Trojan War (see Ogyges). This suggests several competing traditions, which mythographers were… …   Wikipedia

• Ino (Greek mythology) — In Greek mythology Ino was a mortal queen of Thebes, the second wife of Athamas, the mother of Learches and Melicertes, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and stepmother of Phrixus and Helle. She was one of the three sisters of Semele: Agave,… …   Wikipedia

• Cadmus (disambiguation) — Cadmus may have a number of meanings:*Cadmus, in Greek mythology the son of the Phoenician king of Tyre and brother of Europa *Mount Cadmus, a mountain in Asia Minor *Project Cadmus, a government organization in DC Comics *Cadmus of Miletus, a… …   Wikipedia

• Cadmus — Cadmus, or Kadmos ( el. Κάδμος), in Greek mythology, was a Phoenician prince, [John B. Alden, (1883). The Greek Anthology , pp. 160 162: Cadmus am I: ...though I am Phoenician born, I taught you Greeks your Alpha, Beta, Gamma .] son of Agenor and …   Wikipedia

• Cadmus — /kad meuhs/, n. Paul, born 1904, U.S. painter and etcher. /kad meuhs/, n. Class. Myth. a Phoenician prince who introduced writing to the Greeks and who founded the city of Thebes in the company of five warriors. Cf. Sparti. * * * In Greek… …   Universalium

• Cadmus — n. son of Agenor, Greek legendary hero, founder of the city of Thebes and creator of the Sparti (Greek Mythology); family name; Paul Cadmus (1904 1999), US etcher and painter; male first name …   English contemporary dictionary

• Cadmus — noun (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Hypernyms: ↑imaginary being, ↑imaginary creature …   Useful english dictionary