Cadmus – Legendary Phoenician Hero And Founder Of Prosperous City Of Thebes – Ancient Pages

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – This legend is devoted to Cadmus, who in Greek mythology was the legendary Phoenician hero, slayer of monsters and founder of Boeotian Thebe, husband of Harmony, and one of the five sons of King Agenor (“heroic, manly”) of Tyre.

The old King Agenor was grieving the loss of his daughter and sent his sons out into the world to find his sister, Europa, whom Zeus had kidnapped. The brothers’ task was challenging, as their father ordered them to return once they found their sister.

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