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🌍 Thera (island)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Calliste (alt. Thera)
    Information
    island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599973
    Cult site of
    👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Settled by
    👤 Membliaros king of Thera in time of Cadmos👤 Theras son of Autesion👥 the Descendants of the Argonauts descendants of the Argonauts and the Lemnian Women
    Settled from
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia
    Named by
    👤 Theras son of Autesion
    Eponym
    👤 Theras son of Autesion
    Ruled by
    👤 Theras son of Autesion👤 Membliaros king of Thera in time of Cadmos
    Encompasses
    🌍 Thera (city)
    Related entities
    👤 Theras son of Autesion🌍 Calliste (alt. Thera) alternative name for Thera, island in the Aegean👤 Membliaros king of Thera in time of Cadmos👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia👥 the Descendants of the Argonauts descendants of the Argonauts and the Lemnian Women👤 Apollo Olympian god🌍 Cyrene (Libya) city in Libya🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo Carneios at Sparta👥 the Argonauts sailors on the Argo👤 Jason (Argonaut) leader of the Argonauts👤 Medeia wife of Jason, kills her own children🏺 the Argo ship that carried the Argonauts👤 Euphemos (Argonaut) son of Poseidon, Argonaut, Calydonian boar hunter🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) unlocatable river, marsh and lake somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena🏺 the Clod of Earth from Lake Triton given to Euphemos and the Argonauts by Triton👥 the Lemnian Women encountered by the Argonauts👤 Aigimios son of Doros🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Pylos (Messenia) city in Messenia, kingdom of Nestor🌍 Thera (city) city on the island of the same name🌍 Thera (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese🌍 Triphylia region in Elis
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 3.1.7-3.1.8📖 Pausanias 3.15.6📖 Pausanias 7.2.1-7.2.4📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 69-79📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 247-262📖 Pindar, Pythian 5 43-93📖 Strabo 8.3.19📖 Strabo 17.3.21📖 Callimachus fr. 716 Pfeiffer
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloPindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 5StraboCallimachus
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Callimachus fr. 716 Pfeiffer
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