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Cadmus
Κάδμος , Kadmos grc
Mythological founder of Thebes, son of Agenor
- Child of Agenor and Telephassa
- Married to Harmonia
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
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Life
One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
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- Dates unrecorded king of Thebe (Troade)
Family
The family of Cadmus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 16
Kinship in an account 3
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
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Family 13
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (child) Agenor mythical Phoenician king, father of Cadmus
- child of (child) Telephassa figure from Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Agave daughter of Cadmus in Greek mythology - parent of (father) Autonoë mythical daughter of Cadmus
- parent of (father) Illyrius son of Polyphemus in Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Ino queen in Greek mythology -
parent of (father) Polydorus mythological Theban prince, son of Cadmus -
parent of (father) Semele mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology - sibling of Cilix mythical character, son of Agenor
- sibling of Electra sister of Cadmus in Greek mythology
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sibling of Europa Phoenician character in Greek mythology, daughter of Agenor -
sibling of Phoenix Greek mythological character, son of Agenor and Telephassa, eponym of Phoenicia -
married to Harmonia ancient Greek goddess of harmony and concord, spouse of Cadmus; her opposite is Eris
Sources
Sources and evidence
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14 statements on this record
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- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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