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Oedipus the king of thebes5/26/2023 At the end of his servitude, he married Harmonia, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. However, the dragon had been sacred to Ares, and, as punishment, Cadmus had to serve Ares for one year (or eight years). In the end, only five men, Oudaios, Chthonios, Echion, Pelor, and Hyperenor, survived and became the ancestors of the aristocratic families of Thebes. Each man thought that another one had attacked him, and they all fought. Up sprang armed men, and in fear, Cadmus threw a stone in their midst. Cadmus then killed the dragon and, at the suggestion of Athena, sowed half of the dragon's teeth in the ground. They all failed in their search, and while his brothers went on to found colonies of their own, Cadmus went to Delphi where the oracle told him to give up the search, find a cow with special markings, follow it, and found a city where it stopped to rest.Ĭadmus wanted to sacrifice the cow to Athena (or Zeus), and sent men to the spring of Aretias to fetch water, but a dragon guarding the place killed them. The Phoenician princess Europa was carried off over the sea by a bull, and her father, Agenor, commanded his sons, including Cadmus, to find her. According to most popular legend, though there are variations in different sources, Thebes was founded this way.
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