英语词汇cadmean letters的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Cadmean letters; Cadmean victory. Myth is often a reflec- tion of fact, and the 16 letters of the old Greek alphabet said to be introduced to the Boeotians by the mythological hero Cad- mus from Phoenicia really do derive from Phoenician script. It is uncertain whether there was an actual Cadmus, a proto- type for the hero who introduced the Cadmean letters. A Cad- mean victory refers to the same mythological warrior. It derives from the story that Cadmus killed a dragon and sowed the dragon’s teeth. Armed warriors sprang up and he set them fighting by throwing a stone among them; only five warriors survived, and these became the ancestors of the noble family of Thebes. A Cadmean victory, in remembrance of these five surviving stalwarts, became proverbial for a victory achieved where the victors can hardly be distinguished from the vanquished.

词汇	cadmean letters
词源	Cadmean letters; Cadmean victory. Myth is often a reflec- tion of fact, and the 16 letters of the old Greek alphabet said to be introduced to the Boeotians by the mythological hero Cad- mus from Phoenicia really do derive from Phoenician script. It is uncertain whether there was an actual Cadmus, a proto- type for the hero who introduced the Cadmean letters. A Cad- mean victory refers to the same mythological warrior. It derives from the story that Cadmus killed a dragon and sowed the dragon’s teeth. Armed warriors sprang up and he set them fighting by throwing a stone among them; only five warriors survived, and these became the ancestors of the noble family of Thebes. A Cadmean victory, in remembrance of these five surviving stalwarts, became proverbial for a victory achieved where the victors can hardly be distinguished from the vanquished.
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