WIKIPEDIA: Cadmus or Kadmos (Ancient
Greek: Κάδμος), in Greek
mythology was a Phoenician prince,[1]
the son of king Agenor
and queen Telephassa
of Tyre and
the brother of Phoenix,
Cilix and Europa.
He was originally sent by his royal parents to seek out and escort
his sister Europa back to Tyre after she was abducted from the shores
of Phoenicia by
Zeus.[2]
Cadmus founded the Greek city of Thebes,
the acropolis of
which was originally named Cadmeia
in his honor.
The asteroid 7092 Cadmus
(7092 Cadmus), discovered in 1992, is named after the mythical
founder of Thebes.
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