Cadmeia - Cadmeia

Japanese: カドメイア - かどめいあ

…When his sister Europa was abducted by Zeus, he was sent to Greece to search for her, with strict orders from his father not to return home until he found her. However, the search was in vain, so he gave up on returning home. Instead, he followed a cow he had seen near the temple of Apollo, as instructed by the oracle at Delphi, to Boeotia (meaning "land of the cows"), where he built the Cadmeia (the fortress of the city of Thebes) at the spot where the cow lay down. During this time, he slew a dragon guarding the spring of Ares, the god of war, in order to draw water for a sacrifice, but when he was advised by the goddess Athena to sow its teeth in the ground, a large army immediately appeared. …

From Thebes

…According to legend, Cadmus, son of a Phoenician king and said to have brought writing to Greece, came to Greece in search of his sister Europa, who had been abducted by Zeus, and built the acropolis in accordance with the oracle of Delphi. For this reason, the acropolis of Thebes was called Kadmeia. During the Mycenaean period, the Cadmeia housed a large palace, which was destroyed by fire in the 14th century BCE and was soon rebuilt as a smaller new palace, but this too was destroyed within less than 100 years. …

From the Theban Legend

…These include Semele, who gave birth to Dionysus even after dying from Zeus' thunderbolt; Agauē, who tore her son Pentheus to pieces (see Euripides' tragedy, The Bacchae); and Inō, who threw herself into the sea to die. The Acropolis of Thebes was called Kadmeia after Cadmus, and Babylonian cylinder seals have been unearthed there in recent years, proving that there was contact with the East. (2) The story of the second founding of the city by Amphiōn and Zēthos. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cadmeia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…姉妹のエウロペがゼウスに誘拐されたとき，彼は父王から，彼女を見つけるまでは帰国を禁ずという厳命のもとに，その捜索に出されてギリシアに来た。しかし捜索はむなしく終わったために帰国を断念し，デルフォイの神託の指示どおり，アポロン神殿の近くで見かけた牝牛につき従ってボイオティア(〈牝牛の国〉の意)に着き，牛が体を横たえた地点にカドメイア(のちのテーバイ市の城塞)を建設した。この際，犠牲式に必要な水を汲むべく，軍神アレスの泉を守っていた竜を退治したが，女神アテナの勧めでその歯を地にまくと，たちまち多数の軍兵が出現した。…

【テーベ】より

…伝説によれば，フェニキア王の子でギリシアに文字をもたらしたと伝えられているカドモスが，ゼウスに誘拐された姉妹エウロペを探し求めてギリシアにやって来て，デルフォイの神託に従って建設したという。これによりテーベのアクロポリスはカドメイアKadmeiaと呼ばれた。ミュケナイ時代にこのカドメイアには大宮殿があり，発掘の結果，これは前14世紀に火災で崩壊し，まもなくより小規模の新宮殿が再建されたが，これも100年足らずで破壊されたことが知られている。…

【テーベ伝説】より

…ゼウスの雷霆（らいてい）にうたれて死につつもディオニュソスを生んだセメレSemelē，わが子ペンテウスを八つ裂きにするアガウエAgauē(エウリピデスの悲劇《バッコスの信女》を参照)，海にわが身を投じて果てたイノInōなどである。なおテーベのアクロポリスは，カドモスにちなんでカドメイアKadmeiaと呼ばれたが，ここからは近年バビロニアの円筒印章が出土し，東方との交流のあったことを裏づけている。(2)アンフィオンAmphiōnとゼトスZēthosとによる2度目の建国の物語。…

※「カドメイア」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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