Cadmilos
Cadmilos (or Casmilos) is a servant of Axieros, Axiokersa, and Axiokersos, associated with the mysteries of Samothrace. Karl Kerényi conjectured that Cadmilos was the youngest of the three gods and also the father of the three. In the sanctuary, it was understood that Cadmilus was in some mystic sense also her consort.
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When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in ancient sources and classical Greek culture.
Relationships
- serves
- Axieros, Axiokersa, Axiokersos
- co occurs with
- Charun, Turms, Tinia, Turmś Aitaś, Fufluns, Hercle, Apulu, Camillus, Cabeiri, Cerberus
- manifests as
- Hermes
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“But ancient sources tell us that there were two goddesses and a god: Axieros, Axiokersa, and Axiokersos, and their servant Cadmilos or Casmilos. Karl Kerényi conjectured that Axieros was male, and the three gods were the sons of Axiokersa (Cadmilos, the youngest, was also the father of the three)”
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“A scholium on Callimachus adds that “Cadmilos is Hermes in Tyrrhenia”; Combet-Farnoux considers Camillus and Cadmilos to be variants of the same name.”
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