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| Paul, 1904–1999, U.S. painter and etcher. |
[kad-muhs] | Classical Mythology. a Phoenician prince who introduced writing to the Greeks and who founded the city of Thebes in the company of five warriors. |
| Cad·mus (kād'məs) n. Greek Mythology A Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth, from which sprang up an army of men who fought one another until only five survived. With these five men Cadmus founded the city of Thebes. [Greek Kadmos, of Phoenician origin; see qdm in Semitic roots.] |