Phoenix (son of Agenor)
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In Greek mythology, Phoenix or Phoinix was the eponym of Phoenicia who together with his brothers were tasked to find their abducted sister Europa.
Phoenix from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Cadmus
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In Greek mythology, Cadmus was the legendary founder of Boeotian Thebes. He was, alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, the greatest hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. Commonly state
Phoenix (son of Agenor)
…abducted sister Europa. Phoenix was a son of King Agenor of Tyre by either Telephassa, Argiope, Antiope, Damno or Tyro. He was the brother of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, Syros, Isaia and Melia. In some accounts, Phoenix's father was called King Belus of Egypt and sibling to Agenor, Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus and…
4th century BC painting of Cadmus slaying the dragon, from the Louvre in Paris, France
Sowing the Dragon's teeth; workshop of Rubens
Hendrick Goltzius, Cadmus fighting the Dragon
Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa, Hendrick Goltzius