Cadmus and Europa - Greek Mythology Heroes origins

Cadmus was the son of the king of Phoenicia Agenor and queen Telefassa. His brothers were Phoenix and Cilix and his sister Europa. It is said that Cadmus first brought the Phoenician alphabet to Greece.
One day Zeus saw Europa gathering flowers in a meadow near the seashore and fell in love with her. He transformed himself into a magnificent bull and galloped onto the meadow. The princess was amazed at how beautiful the bull was. His coat was as white as snow and his horns shimmered like jewels. The bull was so placid that Europa pet him and was so fond of the beast that she climbed on its back. Immediately the bull jumped into the sea and, with Europa unable to escape, swam off to the island of Crete.
Cadmus, Phoenix and Cilix started looking for their sister, and Cadmus wandered all over Greece. Soon he arrived at Apollo’s Oracle at Delphi.
The Oracle instructed him to stop searching for Europa, as she was with Zeus at Crete. Instead he was to follow a cow that wandered away from the herd. When the cow finished her journey she kneeled, and at that location Cadmus founded the city of Thebes.
Sometime later Cadmus fought and killed a dragon that guarded Ares fountain and raged the surroundings of Thebes. Athena instructed him to seed the dragon’s teeth and then grown men were sprouted from the ground as a result. Those men were names Spartians and were the ancestors of Theban people.
Cadmus however had to be cleansed for the killing and so he became Ares’ servant for eight years. As a reward Ares gave Cadmus his daughter Harmony to marry. Cadmus presented Harmony with a famous necklace forged by Hephaestus and was later known as Harmony’s necklace. Athena also made a beautiful woven textile as a wedding present to the couple. Cadmus and Harmony gave birth to a few children and lived happily as king and queen of Thebes.
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Narration: Elena Michalopoulou
Music: Kevin Macleod