Κάδμος

A. the Cadmeans or ancient 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 for eight, Theol.Ar. 54: prov., Κ. νίκη a victory involving one's own ruin (from the story of the Σπαρτοί, or that of Polynices and Eteocles), Hdt. 1.166, cf. Pl. Lg. 641c, Plu. 2.488a, Suid. (but = a great victory, Arr. Fr. 21 J.); so Κ. κράτος AP 5.178 (Mel.): metaph., Κ. παιδεία Pl. l.c.; Κ. γράμματα the alphabet, supposed to have been brought by K. from Phoenicia, Hdt. 5.59. (The spelling Κάσσμος is found on a vase of Rhegium, Roscher Lex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth. 2(1).842.)