The
Cadmea, or
Cadmeia (
Greek: Καδμεία), was the
citadel of ancient
Thebes, Greece, which was named after
Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes. The area is thought to have been settled since at least the early
Bronze Age, although the history of settlement can only be reliably dated from the late
Mycenaean period (c. 1400 BC).