The Cadmean magic has passed from the hands of hierophants into those of the people.
Publicly and privately, the Charlestonians were boasting over their late Cadmean victory.
A Cadmean victory was one in which the victors suffered as much as their enemies.
He was everywhere defeated, or his victories were Cadmean, as disastrous as defeats.
It would be a Cadmean victory in which the victor would suffer as much as the vanquished.