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🌍 Calaureia (island)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Eirene (alt. Calaureia)  🌍 Anthedonia (alt. Calaureia)  🌍 Hypereia (alt. Calaureia)
    Information
    island off Troizen in the Argolid
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570325
    Ruled by
    👤 King of Calaureia (name unknown) ruler of Calaureia transformed into bird in Ovid
    Related entities
    👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Poseidon Olympian god🌍 Delphi (Phocis) city and sanctuary in Phocis; for prophecies see "the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)"👤 Leto mother of Artemis and Apollo🌍 Delos (island) sanctuary of Apollo on island in the Aegean👤 Aigeus (Athenian) king of Athens🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Medeia wife of Jason, kills her own children🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the Troad🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) mountain in Thessaly🌍 Pleuron (Aitolia) city in Aitolia🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) city in Thessaly, homeland of Jason🏺 the Chariot drawn by Winged Serpents given to Medeia🌍 Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) mountain in Arcadia🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) river in Phocis and Boiotia🌍 Ialysos (Rhodes) city on Rhodes🌍 Cos (city) city on the island of Cos🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly) mountain in Thessaly🌍 Carthaia (Ceos) city on Ceos🌍 Pitane (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor🌍 Lake Cycnos (Aitolia) north of Pleuron and Calydon🏛️ the Tomb of Alexander (Troy) described by Ovid as in a sandy spot so likely imagined as on the beach of Troy🌍 the Fields of Maira (Troad?) location of Maira transformed into dog👤 King of Calaureia (name unknown) ruler of Calaureia transformed into bird in Ovid👤 Queen of Calaureia (name unknown) transformed into bird in Ovid👤 Eirene (d. of Poseidon) eponym of Eirene, an alternative name for Calaureia👤 Anthas son of Poseidon and Alcyone👤 Hyperes son of Poseidon and Alcyone
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 2.33.2📖 Pausanias 10.5.5-10.5.6📖 Strabo 8.6.14📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 592-632📖 Callimachus fr. 593 Pfeiffer📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.350-7.403
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasStraboLycophron, AlexandraCallimachusOvid, Metamorphoses
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Ephoros
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 150
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