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Cadmus of Miletus

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132: 88:, who, as the reputed inventor of letters, was subsequently transformed into the Milesian and the author of an historical work. In this connection it should be observed that the old Milesian nobles traced their descent back to the Phoenician or one of his companions. 91:
The text of the notice of the third Cadmus of Miletus in the Suda is unsatisfactory; and it is uncertain whether he is to be explained in the same way, or whether he was an historical personage, of whom all further record is lost.
169: 81:, c. 23) distinctly states that the work current in his time under the name of Cadmus was a forgery, it is most probable that the two first are identical with the 152: 147: 190: 200: 38:. Scholars who accept this view, assign him to about 550 BC; others regard him as purely mythical. A confused notice in the 195: 74: 23: 62:
generally, in four books; the third, the son of Archelaus, of later date, author of a history of
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mentions three persons of the name: the first, the inventor of the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
59: 47: 39: 34:) was according to some ancient authorities, the oldest of the 46:; the second, the son of Pandion, according to some the first 174:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
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