Synonyms for cadmean victories
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of cadmean victories
Origin :- c.1600, "victory involving one's own ruin," translating Greek Kadmeia nike, from Cadmus (Greek Kadmos), legendary founder of Thebes in Boeotia and bringer of the alphabet to Greece. Probably a reference to the story of Cadmus and the "Sown-Men," who fought each other till only a handful were left alive. Cf. Pyrrhic (adj.1).
- As in Pyrrhic victory : noun a victory that includes losses
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