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Look up: cadmus

  1. Cadmus
    founded Thebes with five warriors sprung from dragon's teeth he planted; grandfather of Pentheus (Bacchae).
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  2. Cadmus
    In Greek legend, the son of Phoenician king Agenor of Tyre, and brother of Europa, who was abducted by Zeus. Cadmus sought to retrieve her, but was advised by the Delphic oracle to follow a heifer...
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  3. Cadmus
    in Greek mythology, the son of Phoenix or Agenor (king of Phoenicia) and brother of Europa. Europa was carried off by Zeus, king of the gods, and ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/3

  4. Cadmus
    In Greek mythology, Cadmus was the son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, and the brother of Europa. He settled in Thrace and then in Boeotia where he founded the ancient city of Cadmeia. He gave the Greeks an alphabet.
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  5. Cadmus
    HMS Cadmus was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Cadmus was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dua...
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  6. Cadmus
    Cadmus, in Greek legend, son of Agenor and founder of Thebes. Misfortune followed his family because he killed the sacred dragon that guarded the spring of Ares. Athena told him to sow the dragon's teeth, and from these sprang the Sparti [sown men], ancestors of the noble families of Thebes. Cadmus ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08097

  7. Cadmus
    `Cadmus` or `Kadmos` (), in Greek mythology was a Phoenician prince, the son of king Agenor and queen Telephassa of Tyre and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix and Europa. He was originally sent by his royal parents to seek out and escort his sister Europa back to Tyre after she was abducted from the sho...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus

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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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