Cadmea

'Originally the Cadmea was the city, and Thebes grew up around its base.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

Whether there was such a person as the Phoenician Cadmus, and whether he built the town called Cadmea, which afterwards became the citadel of Thebes, as the ancient legends relate, cannot be determined; but it is certain that the Greeks were indebted to the Phoenicians for the art of writing; for both the names and the forms of the letters in the Greek alphabet are evidently derived from the Phoenician.

A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

‘Originally the Cadmea was the city, and Thebes grew up around its base.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

Tegeatans they made mention of the Heraclidae, alleged their acts against the Amazons, and the sepulchres of the Peloponnesians that died under the walls of Cadmea, and at last brought down their discourse to the battle of Marathon, saying, however, that they would be satisfied with the command of the left wing.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Lacedaemonians, and free the Cadmea, before an army could come from

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

The Lacedaemonians cashiered Phoebidas, and fined him one hundred thousand drachmas, yet still kept a garrison in the Cadmea; which made all Greece wonder at their inconsistency, since they punished the doer, but approved the deed.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Spartans were routed and put to flight, and Phoebidas, that surprised the Cadmea, slain; and at Tanagra a considerable force was worsted, and the leader Panthoides killed.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Being thus stimulated, he could hold no longer, but hurried into an attempt as dishonorable and treacherous as that of the Cadmea, but executed with less valor and less success; for the day broke whilst he was yet in the Thriasian plain, whereas he designed the whole exploit to have been done in the night.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Spartan, as he was on his way past the city with a considerable force, to surprise the Cadmea, and, banishing the contrary faction, to establish an oligarchy, and by that means subject the city to the supremacy of the Spartans.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

And, therefore, the Spartan officers were thought to have been in fault for not falling on at once, since their garrison consisted of about fifteen hundred men, and many of the citizens ran to them; but, alarmed with the noise, the fires, and the confused running of the people, they kept quietly within the Cadmea.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003