Καδμεία

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Καδμεία πόλις, Θηβῶν ἀκρόπολις, ἀφ´ ἧς οἱ Θηβαῖοι Καδμεῖοι καὶ Καδμείωνες καὶ Καδμεῖαι, καὶ τὸ τεῖχος Καδμεία.

Cadmeia: a city, the acropolis of Thebes, from which the Thebans are called Cadmeians and Cadmeiones and Cadmeiai; and the wall is Cadmeia.

Text Details

Entry#6
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 346.4 · Billerbeck Κ6
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count17
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚαδμείαCadmeia (Cadmea), the acropolis of Thebes · place
ΘῆβαιThebes · place
ΘηβαῖοιThebans · people
ΚαδμεῖοιCadmeians / Cadmeans (inhabitants named after Cadmus) · people
ΚαδμείωνεςCadmeiones (variant ethnonym) · people
ΚαδμεῖαιCadmeiai (variant name/forms) · people
Καδμεῖον(the) Cadmeian (wall) — the Cadmeian wall · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place Transfer“from which (place) the Thebans (are called) Καβδεῖοι and (the personal names) Καβδεῖνος and Καβδεῖα, and the wall (is called) Καβδεῖον.” — i.e. various ethnics and names derive from the place Κάβαι.

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC