Cadmean victory
A Cadmean victory (Greek: Kadmeia nike) is a reference to a victory involving one's own ruin, from Cadmus (Greek: Kadmos), the legendary founder of Thebes in Boeotia and the mythic bringer of script to Greece. On seeking to establish the city, Cadmus required water from a spring guarded by a water-dragon similar to the Lernaean Hydra. He sent his companions to slay the dragon, but they all perished. Although Cadmus eventually proved victorious, the victory cost the lives of those who were to benefit from the new settlement.
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Cadmean victory
A Cadmean victory (Greek: Kadmeia nike) is a reference to a victory involving one's own ruin, from Cadmus (Greek: Kadmos), the legendary founder of Thebes in Boeotia and the mythic bringer of script to Greece. On seeking to establish the city, Cadmus required water from a spring guarded by a water-dragon similar to the Lernaean Hydra. He sent his companions to slay the dragon, but they all perished. Although Cadmus eventually proved victorious, the victory cost the lives of those who were to benefit from the new settlement.
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A Cadmean victory (Greek: Kadm ...... in a battle but lose the war".
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Als Kadmeischen Sieg bezeichne ...... st in diesem Sinne verwendbar.
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Una victoria cadmea (en griego ...... parecida y es mejor conocida.
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Vittoria cadmea (in greco anti ...... suona come vittoria di Pirro.
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Vitória Cadmeana (Grego: Kadme ...... ssui uma conotação semelhante.
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Кадме́йская побе́да — победа, ...... обеде фиванцев, он сообщает: .
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A Cadmean victory (Greek: Kadm ...... nefit from the new settlement.
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Als Kadmeischen Sieg bezeichne ...... ech. Καδμείοι Kadmeioi) nennt.
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Una victoria cadmea (en griego ...... parecida y es mejor conocida.
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Vittoria cadmea (in greco anti ...... suona come vittoria di Pirro.
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Vitória Cadmeana (Grego: Kadme ...... antes na colonização da terra.
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Кадме́йская побе́да — победа, ...... обеде фиванцев, он сообщает: .
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Cadmean victory
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Kadmeischer Sieg
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Victoria cadmea
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Vittoria cadmea
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Vitória Cadmeana
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Кадмейская победа
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