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🌍 Mount Latmos (Caria)

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  • Information
    mountain in Caria
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854649
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599753
    Identified with
    🌍 Mount Phthires (Caria) unlocatable mountain in Caria
    Cult site of
    👤 Endymion son of Aethlios, beloved of Selene
    Place of death of
    👤 Endymion son of Aethlios, beloved of Selene
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Endymion on Mount Latmos (Caria)
    Related entities
    👤 Endymion son of Aethlios, beloved of Selene🌍 Naxos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor👤 Naxos eponym of the island👤 Selene personification of the moon🌍 Mount Phthires (Caria) unlocatable mountain in Caria🏛️ the Tomb of Endymion (Latmos) landmark in a cave near Latmos👤 Hypnos personification of sleep
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 5.1.5📖 Diodoros, Library 5.51.3-5.51.4📖 Pomponius Mela 1.86📖 Strabo 14.1.8📖 Ovid, Heroides 18
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadHecataios of Miletos
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 2.867-2.875📖 Hecataios of Miletos FGrHist 1 fr. 239
    Depictions
    🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 47.100.4a-b; ASR XII. 2, no. 80, pl. 68, 1f.; 69-73)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Louvre MA 1335; ASR XII. 2, no. 72, pl. 86, 1; 88, 1f.; 89, 1-3; 94, 1-4; 113, 2f)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Heracleia (Caria) city in Caria, near Latmos
  • Cite as: '🌍 Mount Latmos (Caria) ', MANTO, https://resource.manto.unh.edu/10214999 [last modified: 23 02 2026]
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