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🌍 Himera (Sicily)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291189" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291189">πŸ“– Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13</span>
  • Information
    city in Sicily
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1111219
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462244
    In
    🌍 Sicily (island)
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ Spring Himera (Sicily)
    Encompasses
    πŸ›οΈ Spring Himera (Sicily)
    Related entities
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    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.3.1-5.3.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.23.1-4.23.5
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, Library
    Reported to have local traditions about
    πŸ‘€ Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingentπŸ‘€ Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'πŸ‘€ Aias (the lesser) son of Oileus, leader of the Locrian contingent at Troy, 'the lesser'πŸ‘€ Antilochos (Pylian) son of Nestor, Pylian fighter at TroyπŸ‘€ Patroclos (Myrmidon) son of Menoitios, Myrmidon fighter killed by Hector at Troy, close companion of AchillesπŸ‘€ Helen Helen of Troy🌍 White Island (Pontos) in Black Sea
    Local traditions reported by
    πŸ“– Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13
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