cadmean

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /, /. These are called Cadmean letters.

Examples

It was a kind of Cadmean victory. Herodotus

In fighting and killing the snake, the companions of the founder Cadmus all perished - leading to the term " Cadmean victory " (i.e. a victory involving one's own ruin). Source: Internet

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