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|Definition=ὁ, | |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.) | ||
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|wketx=In Greek mythology, Cadmus (/ˈkædməs/; Greek: Κάδμος, translit. Kádmos) was the legendary Phoenician founder of Boeotian Thebes. He was, alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. Commonly stated to be a prince of Phoenicia, the son of king Agenor and queen Telephassa of Tyre, the brother of Phoenix, Cilix and Europa, Cadmus traced his origins back to Poseidon and Libya. | |||
The etymology of Cadmus' name remains uncertain. According to one view, the name originates from Phoenician, from the Semitic root qdm, which signifies "the east", the equation of Kadmos with the Semitic qdm was traced to a publication of 1646 by R. B. Edwards. According to another view, the name is of Greek origin, ultimately from the word kekasmenos. (Greek: κεκασμένος, lit. 'excellent'). | |||
Possible connected words include the Semitic triliteral root qdm (Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎄𐎎) which signifies "east" in Ugaritic, in Arabic, words derived from the root "qdm" include the verb "qdm" meaning "to come" as well as words meaning "primeval" and "forth" as well as "foot", names derived from it are "Qadim", which means "the elder one",─in Hebrew, qedem means "front", "east" and "ancient times"; the verb qadam (Syriac: ܩܕܡ) means "to be in front", and the Greek kekasmai (<*kekadmai) "to shine". Therefore, the complete meaning of the name might be: "He who excels" or "from the east". | |||
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