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🌍 Amnisos (Crete)

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  • Information
    city near Knossos, perhaps its port
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473766
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/524143100
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Cult site of
    👤 Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera
    Place of birth of
    👤 Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera
    Ruled by
    👤 Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)
    Related entities
    👤 Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy👥 the Cephallenian Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Ithaca (island) island in the Ionian Sea🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) promontory in Laconia🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean👤 Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)🌍 Amnisos (Crete) city near Knossos, perhaps its port
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 1.18.5📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.172-19.203📖 Strabo 10.4.8
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasHomer, OdysseyStrabo
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean
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