# Kadmus — Victory Odes character guide

> Kadmus in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Peleus nor Kadmus

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Founder of Thebes, often paired with Peleus as a heroic exemplar.

## Relationships

### [Achilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/achilles)

_social_

Achilles and Cadmus are both heroic figures from different myth cycles, linked by their shared presence in Theban and Trojan lore.

### [Alkmena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/alkmena)

_family_

Alcmene is the granddaughter of Cadmus through her mother Lysimache, making Cadmus her ancestor.

### [Thetis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/thetis)

_social_

Cadmus and Thetis are both figures in Greek mythology, connected through the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which Cadmus attended.

### [Thetis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/thetis)

_social_

Cadmus and Thetis are both figures in Greek mythology, connected through the wedding of Peleus and Thetis which Cadmus attended.

### [Alkmena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/alkmena)

_family_

Alcmene is the granddaughter of Cadmus through her mother Lysimache, making Cadmus her ancestor.

### [Achilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/characters/achilles)

_social_

Achilles and Cadmus are both heroic figures from different myth cycles, linked by their shared presence in Theban and Trojan lore.

## In the story

### [II For Theron of Akragas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned among the blessed in the afterlife, father of Semele and Ino.

### [The Pythian Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-pythian-odes)

Mythological figure referenced as an exemplar of heroic lineage.

### [III For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iii)

Founder of Thebes; married Harmonia; example of transient joy.

### [XI For Thrasydaius of Thebes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xi)

Addressed as the father of Thebes' divine daughters, Semele and Ino, who are invoked to join the celebration.

## Links

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