cadmus, n.Definitions

Cadmus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both the power that created disorder and the power that created order: a god who provokes disorder only to end it.

Cadmus (n.) drops ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a pebble among the dragon-teeth warriors, and each thinks another threw it: a tiny provocation that sets a crowd to killing itself.