Associations to the word «Cadmus»
Noun
Adverb
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.