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🌍 Susa (Persia)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Cissia (alt. Sousa)
    Information
    city in Asia Minor, capital of Persian Empire
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936
    Place of burial of
    👤 Memnon
    Founded by
    👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon)
    Conquered by
    👤 Memnon👤 Ninos (Babylonian)👤 Ariaios
    Encompasses
    🌍 Memnoneion (Susa)
    Related entities
    🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian)🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia at Brauron (Attica)🌍 Laodiceia (the Levant)👤 Memnon🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Troy (Troad)🏛️ the Road of Memnon (Persia)👥 the Ethiopian Contingent at Troy (defenders)🌍 Assyria👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon)🌍 Caria (Asia Minor)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Phoinicia🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)🌍 Media🌍 the Black Sea🌍 the Troad🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos)🌍 Pamphylia🌍 Bithynia (Pontos)🌍 Armenia🌍 Persia🌍 the Propontis👤 Ninos (Babylonian)👤 Ariaios🌍 Babylonia🌍 the Caspian Gates👤 Cissia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11📖 Pausanias 1.42.3📖 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7📖 Diodoros, Library 2.22.1-2.22.5📖 Strabo 15.3.2📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasDiodoros, LibraryStrabo
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Phrygia
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