In myth, the son of PHOENIX or AGENOR (king of the Phoenicians) and brother of EUROPA. Europa was carried off by ZEUS and Cadmus was sent to find her. Unsuccessful, the Delphic oracle suggested he follow a cow, and to found a city where the cow lay down. He did: it did so: and he founded the city of Thebes in Beoetia (‘Cow Land’). Later, Cadmus sowed the teeth of a dragon he had killed. From them sprang a race of warriors called Sparti (‘the Sown’). Cadmus married HARMONIA, daughter of ARES and APHRODITE. They had a son, POLYDORUS, and four daughters, INO, AUTONOË, AGAVE and SEMELE. Cadmus and Harmonia retired to Illyria, were changed into black serpents and sent to the Isles of the Blessed by ZEUS. Cadmus is credited with bringing the alphabet to Greece. The Greek alphabet is derived from a Phoenician script
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