Cadmus Fights a Dragon and Founds the City of Thebes The Greek city of Thebes was among the oldest and most storied of them all, and the heroic tales of its founder, Cadmus, remained alive in the ancient imagination. Traversing East and West, conquering fearsome beasts, and building a new homeland, Cadmus the hero was admired for his great deedsand haunted by a fate he could not escape.

A story from Greek mythology, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books 3 and 4), featuring: Cadmus, Europa, Agenor, Phoenix, the Sown Men, Harmonia, the Oracle of Delphi, Zeus, Ares, Athena

Original story by Dakota Caldwell



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CREDITS
Video footage from Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft, 2018)
Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://www.incompetech.com)

Thumbnail Image (Creative Commons/RoyaltyFree):
Etruscan cinerary urn depicting Cadmus and the dragon (2nd century BCE, from Volterra; http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/i...)

Logo Materials (Creative Commons/RoyaltyFree):
Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BCE, Delphi Archeological Museum (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...)
Video: Coast of Santorini, Greece (https://www.videvo.net/video/greeces...)
Font: Monograms Toolbox (Manfred Klein; https://www.dafont.com/monogramstool...)

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