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🌍 Sacred Island (Argolid)

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  • Alternative names
    Hiera Island
    Information
    island off Troizen in the Argolid
    Alternative name
    🌍 Sphairia (alt. Sacred Island)
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573531
    Somewhere Near
    🌍 Troizen (Argolid)
    Cult site of
    👤 Athena
    Place of conception of
    👤 Theseus
    Place of burial of
    👤 Sphairos (charioteer)
    Named by
    👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus)
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island)  🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid)
    Encompases
    🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island)  🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid)
    Related Entities
    👤 Aithra (m. of Theseus)  👤 Athena  👤 Poseidon  👤 Theseus  👤 Sphairos (charioteer)  🌍 Sacred Island (Argolid)  🌍 Sphairia (alt. Sacred Island)  🏛️ the Tomb of Sphairos (Sacred Island)  🏛️ the Temple of Athena Apaturia (Argolid)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 2.33.1
    Mentioned in Text
    Pausanias
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