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🌍 Cydonia (Crete)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11296611" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11296611">πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11296718" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11296718">πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11309192" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11309192">πŸ“– Strabo 10.4.12</span>
  • Information
    city on Crete
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589886
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Founded by
    πŸ‘€ Cydon eponym of Cydonia on CreteπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae
    Founded from
    🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ Cydon eponym of Cydonia on Crete
    Related entities
    🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in ArcadiaπŸ‘€ Cydon eponym of Cydonia on CreteπŸ‘€ Clymenos (Cretan) Cretan, son of Cardys🌍 Phrixa (Elis) city in Elis🌍 River Iardanos (Crete) unlocatable river in CreteπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Crete (island) island in the AegeanπŸ‘₯ the Lacedaimon Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) promontory in Laconia🌍 Gortyna (Crete) city in Crete🌍 Phaistos (Crete) city on CreteπŸ›οΈ the Temple of Cydonian Athena at Phrixa (Elis)🏺 the Bow of ArtemisπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🌍 Knossos (Crete) city in CreteπŸ‘€ Athena Olympian goddess
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Pausanias 8.53.4πŸ“– Pausanias 6.21.6πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.276-3.303πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.78.1-5.78.4πŸ“– Strabo 10.4.8πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 930-950βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasHomer, OdysseyCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisDiodoros, LibraryStraboLycophron, Alexandra
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
    Reported to have local traditions about
    🌍 Omphalian Plain (Crete) place in Crete🏺 the Umbilical Cord of ZeusπŸ‘€ Britomartis daughter of Zeus and Carme, Cretan, favorite of Artemis, also called Dictynna, AphaiaπŸ‘€ Dictynna (Cretan) goddess, identified with Britomartis🌍 Mount Dicte (W. Crete) mountain near the Sanctuary of Dictynna🌍 the Sanctuary of Dictynna (Crete) sanctuary established by the Cydonians in western CreteπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) mountain on Crete associated with the birth of Zeus and Dictynna
    Local traditions reported by
    πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54β€‚πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224β€‚πŸ“– Strabo 10.4.12
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