Cadmus

English

Alternative forms

• Kadmos

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Cadmus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos).

Proper noun

Cadmus

1. (Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.

Translations

Cadmus

• Greek:

  Ancient: Κάδμος m (Kádmos)

• Italian: Cadmo (it) m
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• Russian: Кадм m (Kadm)