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The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD) |
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| Set III-4-cad-001. In Greek mythology, Cadmus was a Phoenician prince from Tyre and the founder and first king of Thebes in Boeotia. He was credited with introducing the alphabet to the Greeks and was one of the greatest pre-Heraclian slayers of monsters. Cadmus killed the Ismenian Spring's guardian, the Drakon of Ares and sowed its teeth in the ground, from which sprang the army of the fierce Spartoi, the source of the future Thebes' elite. Cadmus and his wife Harmonia were both eventually transformed into serpents.
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Adrastos ·
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Manes (Damasen) ·
Perseus ·
Lancer
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| Source-Image(s): The set is researched, compiled, and designed by Alexei Alexeev. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. The general list of the compendium's images' sources is available on the Sources introductory page. |
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