Cadmus or Kadmos, in Phoenician and Greek mythologies, was a Phoenician prince, the son of king Agenor of Tyre and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix and Europa. He was originally sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa back to Tyre after being abducted from the shores of Phoenicia by Zeus. Cadmus founded the Greek city of Thebes, with its acropolis originally named Cadmeia in his honor. Most significantly he was generally accredited by Greeks like Herodotus with the introducti… (More on Cadmus)