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Cadmeans

Cadmeans Cadmeans, alleged Phoenician immigrants into Greece with Cadmus
  • Hdt. 1.56, Hdt. 1.146, Hdt. 5.57
  • a Cadmean script: Hdt. 5.59
  • once settled at Thebes: Hdt. 9.27
  • a "Cadmean victory" one where victors are no better off than vanquished: Hdt. 1.166
  • chased by the Seven against Thebes: Apollod. 3.6.7

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