Hereupon, Cadmus slew the dragon, and, on the advice of Athena, sowed the teeth of the monster, out of which armed men grew up - the Spartae. This well was guarded by a dragon, a son of Ares, who killed the men sent by Cadmus. As he intended to sacrifice the cow here to Athena, he sent some persons to the neighboring well of Ares to fetch water. 1Ĭadmus found the cow described by the oracle in Phocis among the herds of Pelagon, and followed her into Boeotia, where she sank down on the spot on which Cadmus built Thebes, with the acropolis, Cadmea. The god commanded him to abstain from further seeking, and to follow a cow of a certain kind, and to build a town on the spot where the cow should sink down with fatigue. Here Telephassa died, and Cadmus, after burying her, went to Delphi to consult the oracle respecting his sister. All researches being fruitless, Cadmus and Telephassa settled in Thrace. When Europa was carried off by Zeus to Crete, Agenor sent out his sons in search of their sister, enjoining them not to return without her. A son of Agenor and Telephassa, and brother of Europa, Phoenix, and Cilix.
