• A Cadmean victory (Greek: καδμεία νίκη, romanized: kadmeía níkē) is a reference to a victory involving one's own ruin, from Cadmus (Greek: Καδμός), the...
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    Pyrrhic victory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Attrition warfare – Military strategy of wearing down the enemy Cadmean victory – Victory involving...
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    Cadmus (redirect from Cadmean)
    of Al-Qadmus is named after Cadmus. Cadmium Cadmus of Miletus Cadmean victory Cadmean vixen Theban kings in Greek mythology supported by Walter Burkert...
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    because we condemn it. Cadmean victory Conflict theory Just-world hypothesis Might makes right Parkinson's law Pyrrhic victory Reiman, Jeffrey (1979)...
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    in The Avengers. Cadmean victory, in which a sacrificial lamb either loses a battle or dies but whose actions lead to a greater victory Cannon fodder, an...
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  • suicide Altruism Cadmean victory Half a Life (Star Trek: The Next Generation) HMS Birkenhead (1845) Human shield Martyr Pyrrhic victory Revolutionary Suicide...
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  • Greydanus-Rutgers, Suzanne M.; Merrick, Joav (2018-04-01). "Sibling abuse: a Cadmean victory for societal indifference!". International Journal of Adolescent Medicine...
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    companions of the founder Cadmus all perished—leading to the term "Cadmean victory" (i.e. a victory involving one's own ruin).[citation needed] Three medical symbols...
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  • (mythology) Byzantium Byzas C Painter Caanthus Cabeiri Cabeiro Cadmea Cadmean victory Cadmus Cadmus of Miletus Caduceus Caduceus as a symbol of medicine...
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    gained give the four generations cited by Hieronymus in his tale of the Cadmean return to Thebes after the war.[citation needed] The entry-point to Boeotia...
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