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🌍 Phigaleia (Arcadia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291238" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291238">📖 Pausanias 8.12.2-8.12.4</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291339" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291339">📖 Pausanias 8.41.5-8.41.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291340" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291340">📖 Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.2</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291341" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291341">📖 Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4</span>
  • Alternative name
    🌍 Phialia (alt. Phigaleia)
    Information
    city in Arcadia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7623270
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570598
    Place of birth of
    👤 Phigalos (eponym) eponym of Phigalia
    Place of burial of
    👤 Lepreus eponym of Lepreon, son of Pyrgeus
    Founded by
    👤 Phigalos (eponym) eponym of Phigalia
    Eponym
    👤 Phigalos (eponym) eponym of Phigalia👤 Phigalia (eponym) nymph, eponym of Phigalia
    Related entities
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Phigalos (eponym) eponym of Phigalia👤 Phialos eponym of Phialia, son of Boucolion🌍 Phialia (alt. Phigaleia) alternative name for Phigaleia👤 Phigalia (eponym) nymph, eponym of Phigalia👤 Lepreus eponym of Lepreon, son of Pyrgeus👤 Simos Arcadian, son of Phialos🏺 the Wooden Statue of Black Demeter kept at Phigalia, destroyed in mythical period🌍 Phigaleia (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 202-228📖 Pausanias 8.3.1-8.3.5📖 Pausanias 8.5.7📖 Pausanias 8.39.2📖 Pausanias 5.5.4📖 Pausanias 8.5.8
    Mentioned in text
    Lycophron, AlexandraPausanias
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Lepreon (Elis) city in Elis
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Aichmagoras son of Heracles and Phialo👤 Phialo daughter of Alcimedon, lover of Heracles🌍 Mount Ostracina (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia👤 Alcimedon (Arcadian) Arcadian hero🏛️ Spring Cissa (Mt Ostracina) in Arcadia, the name means 'Jay'👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Eurynome (Oceanid) Oceanid, mother of Charites👤 Demeter Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Despoina daughter of Demeter and Poseidon
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 8.12.2-8.12.4 📖 Pausanias 8.41.5-8.41.6 📖 Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.2 📖 Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4
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