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🌍 Susa (Persia)

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  • Alternative names
    Sousa
    Alternative name
    🌍 Cissia (alt. Sousa)
    Information
    city in Asia Minor, capital of Persian Empire
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936
    Founded by
    👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon) son of Laomedon, abducted by Eos
    Conquered by
    👤 Memnon son of Eos and Tithonos, leader of the Ethiopian contingent at Troy👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon👤 Ariaios king of Arabia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 1.42.3 📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11 📖 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
    Pausanias Strabo Diodoros, Library
    Mentioned in citation of
    Pausanias Strabo Diodoros Ctesias of Cnidos Pausanias Strabo Diodoros, Library Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica Greek Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE) Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE) Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE) Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE) Geography Mythography & Historiography
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