"It was a kind of Cadmean victory."
— Herodotus
January 1, 1970
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Book 1, Ch. 166, referring to a victory where both sides suffer extreme losses. Derived from the legends of Thebes, where the sons of Oedipus, and hence descendants of Cadmus, fought to the death.
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Book 1, Ch. 166, referring to a victory where both sides suffer extreme losses. Derived from the legends of Thebes, where the sons of Oedipus, and hence descendants of Cadmus, fought to the death.