- Information
- king of Thebes
- Son of
- 👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) 👤 Phoinix (Phoinician) 👤 Telephassa
- Father of
- 👤 Agaue (Theban) 👤 Autonoe (Theban) 👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) 👤 Illyrios 👤 Ino 👤 Leucothea (goddess) 👤 Polydoros (Theban) 👤 Semele
- Husband of
- 👤 Harmonia (Theban) 👤 Sphinx (rationalized)
- Has children with
- 👤 Harmonia (Theban)
- Founder of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Citadel of Thebes (Boiotia)
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Cadme (alt. Priene) 🌍 Cadmeia (alt. Thebes)
- Settles in
- 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Mount Pangaion (Thrace) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)
- Creates
- 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia)
- Kills
- 👤 Dracon (rat. Serpent of Ares) 👤 the Serpent of Ares
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Elysian Fields 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Sparta (Laconia)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Wedding of Cadmos and Harmonia (Thebes) 🌍 Acragas (Sicily) 🌍 Arados (Phoinicia) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Brasiai (Laconia) 🌍 Cadme (alt. Priene) 🌍 Cadmeia (alt. Thebes) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Enchele (Illyria) 🌍 Euboia (island) 🌍 Hyampolis (Phocis) 🌍 Illyria 🌍 Mount Pangaion (Thrace) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Mycalessos (Boiotia) 🌍 Panopeus (Phocis) 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Thera (island) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 Tyre (Phoinicia) 🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (N. Greece) 🌍 the Citadel of Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Elysian Fields 🌍 the Foot of Cadmos (alt. Ismenos) 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Onca (Thebes)🏛️ the Castalian Spring (Delphi)🏛️ the Caves of the Serpent of Ares (Thebes) 🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes) 🏛️ the Spring of Ares (Thebes) 🏛️ the Walls of Thebes (Boiotia) 🏺 the Necklace of Europe 🏺 the Necklace of Harmonia 🏺 the Robe of Harmonia 🏺 the Ships of Cadmos🏺 the Statue of Athena Onca 🏺 the Table of Cadmos 🏺 the Teeth of the Serpent of Ares 🏺 the Urn of Cadmos 👤 Agaue (Theban) 👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) 👤 Aigeus (s. of Oiolycos) 👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Athamas (Epirote) 👤 Athena 👤 Autonoe (Theban) 👤 Cilix 👤 Dionysos 👤 Dracon (rat. Serpent of Ares) 👤 Electra (Theban) 👤 Europas 👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) 👤 Harmonia (Theban) 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Illyrios 👤 Ino 👤 Ismenos (river god) 👤 Laias (s. of Hyraios) 👤 Leucothea (goddess) 👤 Maisis 👤 Melia (Theban) 👤 Membliaros 👤 Oedipus 👤 Oiolycos 👤 Pelagon (Phocian) 👤 Peleus 👤 Pentheus 👤 Phoinix (Phoinician) 👤 Polydoros (Theban) 👤 Semele 👤 Sphinx (rationalized) 👤 Teiresias 👤 Telephassa 👤 Thasos (Phoinician) 👤 Thebe (Boiotian) 👤 Zeus 👤 the Cow of Thebes 👤 the Serpent of Ares 👥 the Hyantians 👥 the Muses 👥 the Olympian Gods👥 the Spartoi of Thebes 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Homeric Hymn 7 to Dionysos 1-59📜 Lindos Chronicle B3📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1-35📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 109-157📜 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 17📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.1-3.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.4📜 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 19📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 57-136📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 14.323a📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.494c📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 7.86📜 Dionysios Periegetes 390-397📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1019-1066📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 638-689📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 930-955📜 Euripides, Suppliant Women 1-41📜 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 19📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 161a, b Most📜 Hesiod, Theogony 930-937📜 Hesiod, Theogony 940-942📜 Hesiod, Theogony 975-978📜 Homer, Odyssey 5.333-5.353📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 12.1-2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4📜 Lucian, The Dance 41📜 Ovid, Ibis 277-278📜 Ovid, Ibis 347-348📜 Ovid, Ibis 445-446📜 Ovid, Ibis 471-472📜 Ovid, Ibis 497-498📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.1-3.137📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.253-3.315📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-3.733📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 3📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4📜 Pausanias 1.44.5📜 Pausanias 10.17.3-10.17.4📜 Pausanias 10.35.5📜 Pausanias 2.6.1-2.6.4📜 Pausanias 3.1.7-3.1.8📜 Pausanias 3.15.8📜 Pausanias 3.18.12📜 Pausanias 3.24.3-3.24.4📜 Pausanias 4.7.8📜 Pausanias 9.10.1📜 Pausanias 9.12.1-9.12.2📜 Pausanias 9.12.2-9.12.3📜 Pausanias 9.12.3📜 Pausanias 9.19.4📜 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4📜 Pausanias 9.5.1-9.5.2📜 Pausanias 9.5.3📜 Pausanias 9.8.4📜 Pindar, Isthmian 1 1-40📜 Pindar, Nemean 1 31-72📜 Pindar, Olympian 2 22-34📜 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83📜 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📜 Pindar, Pythian 3 77-115📜 Pindar, Pythian 8 35-60📜 Pindar fr. 118 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 29 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 32 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52k Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 70b Snell-Maehler📜 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 9📜 Ps-Lucian, In Praise of Demosthenes 19📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 2📜 Strabo 10.1.8📜 Strabo 14.1.12📜 Strabo 14.5.23-14.5.28📜 Strabo 7.7.1📜 Strabo 7.7.8📜 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4
- Mentioned in Text
- Homeric Hymn 7 to Dionysos Lindos ChronicleAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAnonymous, On Unbelievable StoriesApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, DithyrambsCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaD-Scholia, IliadDionysios PeriegetesEuripides, Phoenician WomenEuripides, Suppliant WomenHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, TheogonyHomer, OdysseyLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, The DanceOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 1Pindar, Nemean 1Pindar, Olympian 2Pindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Pythian 3Pindar, Pythian 8PindarPs-Lucian, CharidemosPs-Lucian, In Praise of DemosthenesPs-Plutarch, On RiversStrabo