Κάδμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, [[Cadmus]], Od.5.333, Hes.''Th.''937, etc.:—Adj. [[Καδμεῖος]], Καδμεία, Καδμεῖον, lon. [[Καδμήιος]], η, ον, [[Cadmean]], Hes.''Th.''940, etc.:—fem. [[Καδμηίς]], Καδμηίδος, ἡ, ''h.Bacch.''57, Hes.''Op.''162, Th.1.12, prob. in ''Trag.Adesp.''177:—poet. [[Καδμέϊος]], Pi.''I.''3(4).71, S.''Ant.''1115 (lyr.): [[Καδμεῖοι]], οἱ, the [[Cadmeans]] or [[ancient inhabitants of Thebes]], Il.4.388, Hes. ''Th.''326, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.57, etc.: [[Καδμεία]], ἡ, the [[citadel of Thebes]], X.''HG''6.3.11; also, Pythagorean name for [[eight]], Theol.Ar.54: [[proverb|prov.]], [[Καδμεία νίκη]] a [[victory]] involving one's own ruin (from the story of the [[Σπαρτοί]], or that of Polynices and Eteocles), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.166, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''641c, Plu.2.488a, Suid. (but = a [[great]] victory, Arr.''Fr.''21 J.); so Καδμεῖον κράτος ''AP''5.178 (Mel.): metaph., Καδμεία παιδεία Pl. [[l.c.]]; [[Καδμεῖα γράμματα]] the [[alphabet]], supposed to have been brought by Κάδμος from [[Phoenicia]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.59. (The spelling [[Κάσσμος]] is found on a vase of Rhegium, Roscher Lex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth.2(1).842.)