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Cadmus
(1,073 words)

(Κάδμος; Kádmos, Lat. Cadmus).

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[1] Son of Agenor and Telephassa

Son of  Agenor [1] (or Phoenix) and  Telephassa (or Argiope or Tyro), brother (or half-brother) of  Phoenix,  Cilix and others, uncle (or brother) of  Europa [2], husband of  Harmonia, father of  Agave,  Autonoe, Ino,  Semele and of  Polydorus …

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Heinze, Theodor (Geneva), Meister, Klaus (Berlin) and Drew-Bear, Thomas (Lyon), “Cadmus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 21 April 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e604970>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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