Cadmo milites è serpentis dentibus nascuntur
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Title
Cadmo milites è serpentis dentibus nascuntur
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- B-C
Names
Baur, Joh. Wilhelm (Johann Wilhelm), 1600-1642 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1700 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Fighting
Mythology
Athena (Greek deity)
Minerva (Roman deity)
Soldiers -- To 499
Goddesses
Cadmus (Greek mythology)
Sowing
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses
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Notes
Content: After Cadmus slaughtered the dragon, Athena (Minerva) told him to sow the dragon's teeth in the ground. Armed warriors sprang up from the earth and fought one another until only five remained; Cadmus and these remaining five men founded the city of Thebes.
Source Identifier: 11556 (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Content: Includes additional text in Latin and German. Written on border: "Minerva tells Cadmus to sow the dragon's teeth from which soldiers are to be born ; 'Metamorphoses' by Ovid (Book 3.) ; Engr. after J.W. Baur, 17th cen."
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: plate mark 15 x 22 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a6521960-c5be-012f-0b67-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1700). Cadmo milites è serpentis dentibus nascuntur Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6521960-c5be-012f-0b67-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cadmo milites è serpentis dentibus nascuntur" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6521960-c5be-012f-0b67-58d385a7bc34
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