# Cadmus — Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral character guide

> Cadmus in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0046-niobe-in-distress-for-her-children-slain-by-apollo-from-ovid-s-metamorphoses-book-vi-and-from-a-view-of-the-painting-of-mr-richard-wilson

## Who they are

Founder of Thebes, mentioned in the Niobe poem.

## In the story

### [Niobe in Distress for Her Children Slain by Apollo, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/niobe-in-distress-for-her-children-slain-by-apollo-from-ovid-s-metamorphoses-book-vi-and-from-a-view-of-the-painting-of-mr-richard-wilson)

Founder of Thebes; his palace is referenced as the setting.

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