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Cadmean victory
損失極大的勝利
Cad·me·an a. Of or pertaining to Cadmus,
a fabulous prince of Thebes,
who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ.
These are called Cadmean letters.
Cadmean victory,
a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished;
probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other.
Similar to a Pyhrric victory.
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