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🌍 Abia (Messenia)

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  • Information
    city in Messenia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570027
    Identified with
    🌍 Hire (Messenia) unlocatable city in Messenia, identified as Eira, or Abia
    Cult site of
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Named by
    👤 Cresphontes one of the Heracleidai, son of Aristomachos
    Eponym
    👤 Abia nurse of Glenos, eponym of Abia
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Temple of Heracles at Abia (Messenia) built by Abia
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Temple of Heracles at Abia (Messenia)
    Related entities
    🌍 Hire (Messenia) unlocatable city in Messenia, identified as Eira, or Abia👤 Abia nurse of Glenos, eponym of Abia👤 Cresphontes one of the Heracleidai, son of Aristomachos🏛️ the Temple of Heracles at Abia (Messenia) built by Abia🌍 Abia (Messenia) city in Messenia👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 4.30.1
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
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