Nomenclature
Greek Name: Καδμεῖος
Latin Name:
Toponyms:
Cultural Notes
alleged Phoenician immigrants into Greece with Cadmus
Geographical Notes
used to live in Tanagra (part of Boeotia) but were driven out by the Argives
Citations in Herodotos
1.56, 1.146, 5.57
a Cadmean script: 5.59
once settled at Thebes: 9.27
a "Cadmean victory" one where victors are no better off than vanquished: 1.166
Key Passages in English Translation
English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>
Key Passages in Greek
Other Testimonia
chased by the Seven against Thebes: Apollod. 3.6.7
Other Commentary
Perseus Encyclopedia:
W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
Disambiguation
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