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🌍 Brasiai (Laconia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291185" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291185">📖 Pausanias 3.24.3-3.24.4</span>
  • Alternative name
    🌍 Oreiatai (alt. Brasiai)
    Information
    city in Laconia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4957784
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570629
    Cult site of
    👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent
    Place of burial of
    👤 Semele mother of Dionysos by Zeus
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Semele mother of Dionysos by Zeus👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Encompasses
    🎨 Bronze Statues of the Corybantes from a Promontory at Brasiae (Not Extant) 🎨 Bronze Statues of the Dioscouroi at a Promonotory at Brasiai (Not Extant) 🌍 Promontory near Brasiai (Laconia)
    Reported to have depictions of
    👥 the Corybantes group of worshippers of Cybele, often conflated with similarly-named groups👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut
    Related entities
    👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Semele mother of Dionysos by Zeus🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia⏳ Dionysos' time on earth🌍 Oreiatai (alt. Brasiai) alternative name for Brasiai, city in Laconia👤 Ino daughter of Cadmos, becomes goddess Leucothea👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent🌍 Brasiai (Laconia) city in Laconia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 3.24.3-3.24.4📖 Pausanias 3.24.5
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Brasiai (Laconia) city in Laconia
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Semele mother of Dionysos by Zeus🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Brasiai (Laconia) city in Laconia⏳ Dionysos' time on earth👤 Ino daughter of Cadmos, becomes goddess Leucothea
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 3.24.3-3.24.4
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