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🌍 Sacred Island (Argolid)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Sphairia (alt. Sacred Island)
    Information
    island off Troizen in the Argolid
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573531
    Somewhere in or near
    🌍 Troizen (Argolid)
    Cult site of
    👤 Athena Olympian goddess
    Place of conception of
    👤 Theseus Athenian hero
    Place of burial of
    👤 Sphairos (charioteer) eponym of Sphairia, charioteer of Pelops
    Named by
    👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus) daughter of Pittheus, mother of Theseus
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island) on Sacred Island, near Troizen🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid) on Sacred Island, near Troizen
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island)  🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid)
    Related entities
    👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus) daughter of Pittheus, mother of Theseus🌍 Sphairia (alt. Sacred Island) alternative name for Sacred Island, off Troizen in the Argolid🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island) on Sacred Island, near Troizen👤 Athena Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Theseus Athenian hero🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid) on Sacred Island, near Troizen🌍 Sacred Island (Argolid) island off Troizen in the Argolid👤 Sphairos (charioteer) eponym of Sphairia, charioteer of Pelops
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 2.33.1
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
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