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What does Cadmus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
Name
  1. A male given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A man from the east. A mythological figure.
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Cadmus initially surveyed all transformers in each of the 43 buildings studied, recording complete nameplate information on 335 transformers.
We learn from Palphatus, that according to some of the antient mythologists, Cadmus was the person, who slew the serpent at Lerna.
Cadmus Williams, who was a major-general of Lee's Second Corps, is a doorkeeper of the Senate.
Europa was carried off by Zeus, king of the gods, and Cadmus was sent out to find her.
Zeus, Apollo, Theseus, Aphrodite, the daughters of Cadmus, and many others, formed these crews.
Cadmus gratefully acknowledges the guidance and technical support provided by all three organizations.

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