Cad|mus

Cad|mus
Cad|mus «KAD muhs», noun.
Greek Legend. a prince who, after a dragon killed all his men, killed the dragon and sowed its teeth. From these teeth armed men sprang up who fought with each other until only five were left. Cadmus and these five men founded the Greek city of Thebes. Cadmus is said to have introduced the alphabet to Greece.

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