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🌍 Cleitor (Arcadia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291300" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291300">📖 Pausanias 8.18.7-8.18.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291513" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291513">📖 Pausanias 8.21.3-8.21.4</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11324685" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11324685">📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.307-15.360</span>
  • Information
    city in Arcadia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2537130
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570359
    Cult site of
    👤 Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut
    Founded by
    👤 Cleitor (eponym) Arcadian eponym of Cleitor
    Eponym
    👤 Cleitor (eponym) Arcadian eponym of Cleitor
    Relics preserved on site
    🏺 the Drugs of Melampous used to cure the Proitidai
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Well at Cleitor (Arcadia)
    Related entities
    👤 Cleitor (eponym) Arcadian eponym of Cleitor👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Melampous son of Amythaon, prophet🏺 the Drugs of Melampous used to cure the Proitidai
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 8.4.5📖 Pausanias 8.21.3📖 Pausanias 8.21.3-8.21.4
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Melampous son of Amythaon, prophet👥 the Daughters of Proitos made mad by a divinity🌍 Lousoi (Arcadia) city in Arcadia🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Hermasia at Lousoi (Arcadia)🏛️ the Cave of the Daughters of Proitos (Arcadia) in Arcadia👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut👥 the Great Gods (alt. Castor & Polydeuces) alternative name for Castor and Polydeuces in Cleitor🏺 the Drugs of Melampous used to cure the Proitidai🏛️ the Well at Cleitor (Arcadia)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 8.18.7-8.18.8 📖 Pausanias 8.21.3-8.21.4 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.307-15.360
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