Κάδμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ''Cadmus'', Od.5.333, Hes.''Th.''937, etc.:—Adj. Καδμεῖος, α, ον, lon. Καδμήιος, η, ον, ''Cadmean'', Hes.''Th.''940, etc.:—fem. Καδμηίς, ίδος, 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, Hdt.5.57, etc.: [[Καδμεία]], ἡ, [[the citadel of Thebes]], X.''HG''6.3.11; also, Pythag. name for [[eight]], Theol.Ar.54: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">Κ. νίκη</b> a victory involving one's own ruin (from the story of the [[Σπαρτοί]], or that of Polynices and Eteocles), Hdt.1.166, cf. Pl.''Lg.''641c, Plu.2.488a, Suid. (but = a [[great]] victory, Arr.''Fr.''21 J.); so Κ. κράτος ''AP''5.178 (Mel.): metaph., Κ. παιδεία Pl. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">Κ. γράμματα</b> the alphabet, supposed to have been brought by K. from Phoenicia, Hdt.5.59. (The spelling [[Κάσσμος]] is found on a vase of Rhegium, Roscher Lex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth.2(1).842.)