\b0 Commonly held to be the daughter of \b \cf4 \ATXht4 Ares\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , though some traditions have her parents as Electra and \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . She lived in \b \cf4 \ATXht11901 Samothrace\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and it was here that she met \b \cf4 \ATXht10301 Cadmus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 when he was lookin
g for his sister \b \cf4 \ATXht10516 Europa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , abducted by Zeus. The young couple married at Cadmea, the original nucleus of the city of \b \cf4 \ATXht12006 Thebes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 founded by Cadmus, and all the gods were present at the so
lemn ceremony. Among the wedding gifts was a necklace, made by the jealous \b \cf4 \ATXht7 Hephaestus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , which was to prove fatal to all those who possessed it. It was to prove so for Harmonia's four daughters, all of whom met a tragic fat
e: \b \cf4 \ATXht1021 Semele\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ,\b \cf4 \ATXht1043 \ATXht10116 Agave\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf4 \ATXht10908 Ino\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and Autonoδ. At the end of their lives, Harmonia and her husband left Thebes and went to Illyria, where they a
