“Herodotus swore he saw the founder’s letters on three tripods at Thebes — letters no Greek hand taught itself.”
Read the tripods; the alphabet remembers who carried it.
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Cadmus
“Though Phoenician born, he taught the Greeks their Alpha, Beta, Gamma.”
A Letters legend of Heroes & Mortals
4 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Son of Agenor of Tyre, Cadmus searched the world for his stolen sister Europa. The Delphic oracle told him to follow a cow and build where she lay down — he built Thebes, slew the dragon of Ares, sowed its teeth, and raised the Spartoi, the sown men, from the furrows.
Happening now
He serves his eight years to Ares for the dragon, then takes Harmonia as his bride. The letters he carried are spreading through the Greek cities; Herodotus notes the Greeks were fair enough to keep calling them Phoenician.
What may come
A voice warned him he would end as a serpent, as the dragon began. He and Harmonia walk toward that transformation the way founders walk toward everything: together, and first.
Connected
Whispers about Cadmus
Heroes & Mortals
Kings, killers, singers, and sailors who chose glory over long life. Their names are the reason the word kleos exists.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Letters
- Faction
- Heroes & Mortals — the glory-seekers
- Rarity
- Rare
- Personality
- Phoenician prince who followed a cow, founded Thebes, and gave Greece its letters.
- Edition
- One of 150
- Stats
- power 70 · speed 60 · charm 86