Κάδμος,ὁ,Cadmus, Od. 5.333 , Hes. Th. 937 , etc.:—Adj. Καδμεῖος,α,ον, lon.Καδμήιος,η,ον,Cadmean, Hes. Th. 940 , etc.:—fem.Καδμηίς,ίδος,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 ,
A. the Cadmeansorancient inhabitants of Thebes, Il. 4.388 , Hes. Th. 326 , Hdt. 5.57 , etc.:Καδμεία,ἡ ,the citadel of Thebes, X. HG 6.3.11 ; also, Pythag. name foreight,
Theol.Ar. 54 : prov.,Κ. νίκηa victory involving one's own ruin (from the story of theΣπαρτοί, or that of Polynices and Eteocles), Hdt. 1.166 , cf. Pl. Lg. 641c , Plu. 2.488a , Suid. (but=agreatvictory, Arr. Fr. 21
J. ); so Κ. κράτος
AP 5.178
( Mel. ): metaph., Κ. παιδεία
Pl.
l.c.;Κ. γράμματαthe alphabet, supposed to have been brought by K. from Phoenicia, Hdt. 5.59 . (The spellingΚάσσμοςis found on a vase of Rhegium, RoscherLex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth.
2(1).842 .)