Cadmus

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culture hero mythological figure prince

Cadmus is a legendary Phoenician prince in Greek mythology, famed as the founder and first king of Thebes and the bringer of the alphabet to the Greeks.

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Label Occurrences
Cadmus canonical 26
Cadmus and the Spartoi myth 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf culture hero ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
prince ⓘ
action sowed dragon’s teeth ⓘ
afterlifeLocation Elysian Fields ⓘ
associatedWith introduction of writing to Greece ⓘ
associatedWithCity Thebes ⓘ
builtCityWhere cow lay down ⓘ
children Agave ⓘ
Autonoë ⓘ
Ino ⓘ
Polydorus ⓘ
Semele ⓘ
commanded Spartoi ⓘ
surface form: Spartoi to stop fighting
created Spartoi ⓘ
creditedFor bringing the alphabet to the Greeks ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
Phoenician religion ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician mythology
ethnicity Phoenician ⓘ
father Agenor ⓘ
followedSign cow with a half-moon mark ⓘ
founded Thebes ⓘ
grandchild Dionysus ⓘ
Pentheus ⓘ
killed Ares’s dragon ⓘ
kingOf Thebes ⓘ
mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid

The Library (Bibliotheca) of Apollodorus ⓘ
surface form: The Library of Apollodorus

Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Works of Pausanias
mother Telephassa ⓘ
originRegion Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia
patronDeity Athena ⓘ
penanceDuration eight years ⓘ
quest search for Europa ⓘ
receivedOracleFrom Delphi ⓘ
role first king of Thebes ⓘ
founder of Thebes ⓘ
servedDeity Ares ⓘ
sibling Cilix ⓘ
Europa ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
slayedCreatureType serpent ⓘ
spouse Harmonia ⓘ
spouseTransformedInto serpent ⓘ
symbol alphabet ⓘ
dragon ⓘ
serpent ⓘ
transformedInto serpent ⓘ
worshippedAs hero ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Semele → father → Cadmus ⓘ
Boeotia → mythologicalAssociation → Cadmus ⓘ
Thebes → foundedBy → Cadmus ⓘ
Thebes → associatedWithMythologicalFigure → Cadmus ⓘ
Europa → siblings → Cadmus ⓘ
Bacchae → featuresCharacter → Cadmus ⓘ
Theban cycle → includesCharacter → Cadmus ⓘ
Agenor → fatherOf → Cadmus ⓘ
Agenor → hasChild → Cadmus ⓘ
Telephassa → child → Cadmus ⓘ
Telephassa → relative → Cadmus ⓘ
Harmonia → spouse → Cadmus ⓘ
Harmonia → transformedWith → Cadmus ⓘ
Ino → hasParent → Cadmus ⓘ
Agave → father → Cadmus ⓘ
Autonoë → childOf → Cadmus ⓘ
Polydorus → childOf → Cadmus ⓘ
Cadmus et Hermione → includesCharacter → Cadmus ⓘ
Thyone → father → Cadmus ⓘ
Pentheus → grandfather → Cadmus ⓘ
Pentheus → predecessor → Cadmus ⓘ
Cadmea → namedAfter → Cadmus ⓘ
Cadmea → associatedWith → Cadmus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadmus and the Spartoi myth
Cilix → sibling → Cadmus ⓘ
Cilix → searchCompanions → Cadmus ⓘ
Actaeon → grandfather → Cadmus ⓘ
Βάκχαι → character → Cadmus ⓘ