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🌍 Mount Ithome (Messenia)

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  • Information
    mountain in Messenia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602538
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570318
    Identified with
    🌍 Ithome (Thessaly) city in Thessaly
    Cult site of
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Eponym
    👤 Ithome (eponym) eponym of Ithome, nurse of Zeus
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Ithome (Messenia) 🏛️ Spring Clepsydra (Messenia)
    Related entities
    🌍 Ithome (Thessaly) city in Thessaly👤 Ithome (eponym) eponym of Ithome, nurse of Zeus👥 the Couretes (guardians) guard the infant Zeus👤 Cronos Titan, father of Zeus👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Polycaon (Messenian) king of Messenia, son of Lelex👤 Messene eponym of Messenia👤 Glaucos (Messenian) son of Aipytos son of Cresphontes👤 Neda eponym of the River Neda, nurse of Zeus🏛️ Spring Arsinoe (Messene) at Messene
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 4.9.1-4.9.2📖 Pausanias 4.33.1📖 Pausanias 4.33.1-4.33.2
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadEumelos
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 2.729-2.733📖 Eumelos fr. 1 Campbell
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese
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