Cadmus, a Phoenician, went to Greece having with him the alphabet and founded a city by the name of Thebes. Thebes was an ancient Egyptian capital city at one time. Cadmus was not an Egyptian.
You are welcome Leticia. I hope somebody will clarify this question to me !
Phoenicia is not entirely outside the sphere of influence in ancient Greek times. In fact, Phoenicia's (a Greek name) origins have been linked to ancient Crete by many investigators.
I am not a historian, but I think we will never find out the answer to your question, but we have plenty of ideas based on a mixture of what we call mythology and witness testimonies from ancient Greek writers.
The origin of the Greek Thebes is explained in mythology (following a certain cow). However, the origin of the Egyptian Thebes is lost in memory and was created around important mining centres.
I have found out that to identify the meaning of some ancient names, one has to look elsewhere: For example, for the meaning of "mycenae" (ancient Greek name) I found that it means "turtle shell" in the Cree language (North American Indian). The acropolis of ancient Mycenae actually looks like a turtle shell when viewed in the distance.
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