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🌍 Ortygia (island)

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    island off Sicily, sometimes identified as the birthplace of Artemis
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462402
    Place of birth of
    👤 Artemis Olympian goddess
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    Mentioned in Text
    PausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiPindar, Pythian 2Pindar, Nemean 1Ovid, Metamorphoses
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