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🌍 Caphyai (Arcadia)

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  • Information
    city in Arcadia
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2365548
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570329
    Somewhere in or near
    🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia)
    Founded by
    👤 Aineias son of Aphrodite and Anchises, leader of the Dardanian contingent at Troy👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias👤 Ascanios (s. of Aineias) son of Aineias
    Founded from
    🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad
    Named by
    👤 Aineias son of Aphrodite and Anchises, leader of the Dardanian contingent at Troy👤 Ascanios (s. of Aineias) son of Aineias👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias👥 the Companions of Aineias who flee with Aineias from Troy
    Eponym
    👤 Cepheus (Argonaut) Arcadian, Argonaut, Calydonian boar hunter, ally of Heracles👤 Capys (Trojan) son of Assaracos
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Plane Tree at Caphyai (Arcadia)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Plane Tree at Caphyai (Arcadia)
    Related entities
    👤 Cepheus (Argonaut) Arcadian, Argonaut, Calydonian boar hunter, ally of Heracles👤 Aigeus (Athenian) king of Athens🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland🏛️ Spring Menelais (Arcadia) near Caphyai in Arcadia🏛️ the Plane Tree at Caphyai (Arcadia)👤 Aineias son of Aphrodite and Anchises, leader of the Dardanian contingent at Troy👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad👤 Ascanios (s. of Aineias) son of Aineias👥 the Companions of Aineias who flee with Aineias from Troy👤 Capys (Trojan) son of Assaracos👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen🌍 Caphyai (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 8.23.3📖 Pausanias 8.23.4-8.23.5📖 Strabo 13.1.52-13.1.53📖 Pliny, Natural History 16.88.1📖 Dionysios of Halicarnassos, Roman Antiquities 1.49.1-1.49.2
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasStraboPliny, Natural HistoryDionysios of Halicarnassos, Roman Antiquities
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Ariaithos of Tegea
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ariaithos of Tegea BNJ 316 fr. 1
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