Diodorus of Sicily

Diodorus of Sicily, writing about "foreigners", quotes the writer Hecataeus of Abdera (Bibliotheca Historica, 40.3):

"The most famous among the exiled foreigners (1) followed Danaus and Cadmus to Greece; but the greatest number of them followed Moses into Judea...

( 1 - The word "Foreigners" here refers to the Jews who were slaves in ancient Egypt.

9 Deuteronomy 13:17-22)

In Judea they built Jerusalem and other cities, divided the people into twelve tribes, chose their own judges and priests and built a temple, in which there was no image of the gods; for Moses did not allow the Deity to appear in any human form…”

Here Diodorus Siculus talks about the Jews who were slaves in Egypt. Thus confirming the biblical account, he says that part of the Jews left Egypt led by Moses. And then he also says that another part of the Jews went to Greece, led by a certain Danaus and Cadmus.

And while it is known who Moses was, and while some historians identify the "Greek" hero Danaus with Dan from the Bible, only that Cadmus(s) remained a mystery.

Here's what we know about Cadmus so far. He brought a part of the Jews out of Egypt; and he went with them and Danae to Greece, but, as we know from history, not directly from Egypt to Greece, but first to the promised land - Israel, and from there to Greece in the 8th century BC, during the occupation of Israel. by Assyria.

If Danaus is the same as the biblical Dan, as certain historians say, with abundant evidence, and if Cadmus is one of the leaders of the Jewish refugees, as it seems, then Cadmus is none other than the one called Gad in the Bible. . Gad was the brother of Dan (Danai in Greek), and both were leaders of the Jewish tribes. Gad and Dan are the sons of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, who was the forefather of the Jews, but also of other nations.

Abraham was a descendant of Shem, the son of Noah. Indeed, if we study the life of this Cadmus, we will see that his name is only a distorted version of the name "Gad" and the tribe of Gad.

In general, the name "Kadmo" is almost identical to the name "Gad", especially when it is written in the Hebrew plural - "Gadim", i.e. the descendants of Gad, where the letter "g" has changed to its sound counterpart "k".

Even conventional historical scholarship has confirmed that the name "Cadmus" is of Semitic (Hebrew) origin.

After all, it is said that the Greek Cadmus led the "foreigners" (Jews) out of Egypt together with Danae (Dana), and together with Moses. So, everything is clear. This means that the Illyrians were named after Arilio, the son of Gad.

And this means that Gad's Jewish tribe was earlier in today's Montenegro.

More precisely, Gad's tribe first settled Israel from Egypt, then Greece (Cadmus is the founder of Thebes), and then went even further north, among the Illyrians, whom Arilius (Illyria), son of Gad, named after himself.

Thus, a part of the Montenegrins was called "Illyrians" after Gad's son Ariel, because a part of that Gad's tribe moved here, after the dispersion from Israel during the Assyrian occupation, where they had previously come from Egypt.

More precisely, Gad's tribe first settled Israel from Egypt, then Greece (Cadmus is the founder of Thebes), and then went even further north, among the Illyrians (Serbs), whom Arilius (Illyria), Gad's son, named after himself.

Thus, a part of the Montenegrins and Serbs was called "Illyrians" after Gad's son Arilio, because a part of that Gad's tribe settled among the Montenegrins and Serbs, after their dispersion from Israel during the Assyrian occupation, where they had previously come from Egypt.

According to a Greek myth, the Illyrians were named after a certain Illyrius, that is, Illyria. This Illyrian was the son of the famous Greek mythical hero - Kadmos (or Cadmus) and his wife Harmonia, the founder of the city of Budva.

According to the same Greek myth, Cadmus was also the founder of the city of Thebes, and its inhabitants were initially called Cadmeians after him.