What is Cadmus?
{{Infobox deity | type = Greek | name = Cadmus | image = Kadmos dragon Louvre E707.jpg | alt = | caption = Cadmus and the dragon, black-figured [[amphora]] from [[Euboea]], 560–50 BC, [[Louvre]] | god_of = | abode = [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]] | symbol = | consort = [[Harmonia]] | parents = [[Agenor]] and [[Telephassa]] or [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]] and [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]] | siblings = [[Europa (consort of Zeus)|Europa]], [[Cilix]], [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]] | children = [[Polydorus of Thebes|Polydorus]], [[Autonoë of Thebes|Autonoë]], [[Ino (Greek mythology)|Ino]], [[Agave (Theban princess)|Agave]], [[Semele]] | mount = | Roman_equivalent = }} '''Cadmus''' ({{lang-el|Κάδμος}}, ''Kadmos'') is a hero in [[Greek mythology]]. He was the founder and first king of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]]. Cadmus was the first Greek [[hero]] whom, alongside [[Perseus]] and [[Bellerophon]], killed monsters before the days of [[Herakles]].<ref>[[Karl Kerenyi|Kerenyi, Karl]], 1959. ''The Heroes of the Greeks'' (London: Thames and Hudson) p. 75.</ref> He was a [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] prince. His parents were [[Agenor]] and [[Telephassa]], the king and queen of [[Tyre]]. The [[acropolis]] of Thebes was originally named [[Cadmeia]] in his honor. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]