The source of Dirki. (Thebes)

 archaeological site, interesting place

Cadmus followed the divine command, and when the heifer knelt on a hill in Boeotia, sacrifice to the gods and sought to get clean source and make libations. The source Dirki found that protected it a terrible serpent, son of the god Mars. With the help of the goddess Athena killed the dragon, got the water they need a new city and sowed the dragon's teeth in the Theban land, from which sprang the ancestors of the Thebans, Sparti. So wonderful, divine command built, fortified and inhabited the new town in the center of the fertile plain, rich in water and lakes, surrounded by beautiful mountains and shady, Parnassus, Helicon, Cithaeron and other smaller ones were giving away the healthy climate. The city was the center of Greece, near the Gulf of Corinth and Evian.