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Cadmus of Miletus (Template:Lang-grc, Kádmos ho Milésios) was according to some ancient authorities, the oldest of the logographi. Modern scholars who accept this view, assign him to about 550 BC; others regard him as purely mythical. A confused notice in the Suda mentions three persons of the name: the first, the inventor of the alphabet; the second, the son of Pandion, according to some the first prose writer, a little later than Orpheus, author of a history of the foundation of Miletus and of Ionia generally, in four books; the third, the son of Archelaus, of later date, author of a history of Attica in fourteen books, and of some poems of an erotic character. As Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Judicium de Thucydide, c. 23) distinctly states that the work current in his time under the name of Cadmus was a forgery, it is most probable that the two first are identical with the Phoenician Cadmus, who, as the reputed inventor of letters, was subsequently transformed into the Milesian and the author of an historical work. In this connection it should be observed that the old Milesian nobles traced their descent back to the Phoenician or one of his companions. The text of the notice of the third Cadmus of Miletus in the Suda is unsatisfactory; and it is uncertain whether he is to be explained in the same way, or whether he was an historical personage, of whom all further record is lost.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cadmus of Miletus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Another source somewhere on the internet states that Hermes and the Fates invented the alphabet. They lived about the time of Cadmus. I think they lived just a bit after that. Cadmus was the father of the African Princess Semele, one of the wives of the Eithiopian King Ournus, I belive, I thnk my spelling is off with his name. It was something like Ournus and Ge who gave birth the the Titans. The youngest Titan was Cronus with his wife Rhea. They produced Posiden, Zeus and his wife Hera and Hades, also Known as Pluto, king of the underworld and of all of the wealth and jewels it contained as well as the afterlife. It was about the time of Zeus and probably some of his daughters, the Fates that Hermes and the Fates invented writing. Gia is a Greek goddess that is credited with the flow of most of creation. Before her were some other dieties, like Chaos, Darkness, the Light, Eros and somewhere after that, Gia, mother of most of creation. Before Chaos was the Gap. Nothing is known before then. Somewhere around 3070 BC, I believe was the great cataclysm. I think this might have referred to the flood of Deucalian, of Noah, not the earlier flood of Ogenes, or the flood at the time of Adam. There was said to be fire, as Lord Marduk burned all of the cities Cain had built and built his own after the flood. There was fire, earthquakes, molten lava from the volcanoes, comets hitting the waters and the land, tusimis and the flood. That might be the passage of time known as Chaos. Before then was the Gap. Nothing was known before Chaos. it was the Gap. It was also about the time that Hermes was credited for inventing writing with the help of the Fates.

You might want to check this information. I believe it is mostly correct.

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• Creators of writing systems
• Ancient Milesians
• Early Greek historians