Associations to the word «Cadmus»

Wiktionary

CADMUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.

Dictionary definition

CADMUS, noun. (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia.

Wise words

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Dhammapada