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  2. Cadmus - Wikipedia

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    Herodotus refers to Cadmus the Tyrian, and he was the first to mention Cadmus's 'Phoenician' origins, [46] but he certainly was not the initiator of this transformation, as his Histories provides evidence that the myth was already widespread. [47] Since Herodotus Cadmus has been commonly described as a prince of Phoenicia. [3]

  3. Dragon's teeth (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth, by Maxfield Parrish, 1908. In Greek myth, dragon's teeth (Greek: ὀδόντες (τοῦ) δράκοντος, odontes (tou) drakontos) feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus and in Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. In each case, the dragons are present and breathe fire. Their ...

  4. Fight with Cudgels - Wikipedia

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    By the instructions of Athena, Cadmus sowed the dragon's teeth in the ground, from which there sprang a race of fierce armed men, called Spartoi ("sown"). By throwing a stone among them, Cadmus caused them to fall upon one another until only five survived, who assisted him in building the Cadmea (citadel) of Thebes .

  5. Theban kings in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The first kings of the Boeotia region (before Cadmus and the flood of Deucalion) were Calydnus and Ogyges (Ogygos). The first king of the settlement that would become Thebes was Cadmus, after whom the city was originally called Cadmeia. It only became known as Thebes during the reign of Amphion and Zethus, after the latter's wife Thebe.

  6. Cadmean victory - Wikipedia

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    On seeking to establish the city, Cadmus required water from a spring guarded by a water-dragon similar to the Lernaean Hydra. He sent his companions to slay the dragon, but they all perished. Although Cadmus eventually proved victorious, the victory cost the lives of those who were to benefit from the new settlement. [3]

  7. Palaephatus - Wikipedia

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    The monster or animal was actually a man or thing bearing that name: Cadmus didn't fight a dragon, but a King of Thebes named Draco, who had some ivory tusks; his followers scattered abroad with the tusks, and raised armed men against Thebes (§4).

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  9. Bellerophon - Wikipedia

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    He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles". [3] Among his greatest feats was killing the Chimera of the Iliad, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame." [4]