- Information
- city on Crete
- In
- π Crete (island)
- Founded by
π€ Cydon eponym of Cydonia on Crete
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)π€ Minos king of Crete
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)βοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)π Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades
Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
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/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, Parikia
- Founded from
π Tegea (Arcadia) city in Arcadia
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Eponym
π€ Cydon eponym of Cydonia on Crete
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
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- Mentioned by
- π Lycophron, Alexandra 930-950βπ Pausanias 6.21.6βπ Pausanias 8.53.4βπ Homer, Odyssey 3.276-3.303βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86βπ Strabo 10.4.8ββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Lycophron, AlexandraβHomer, OdysseyβPausaniasβStraboβCallimachus, Hymn to Artemis
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- π Tegea (Arcadia)
- Reported to have local traditions about
- π Mount Dicte (Crete) βπ€ Minos βπ€ Britomartis βπ€ Dictynna (Cretan) βπ Omphalian Plain (Crete) βπΊ the Umbilical Cord of Zeusβπ Mount Dicte (W. Crete) βπ the Sanctuary of Dictynna (Crete)
- Local traditions reported by
- π Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224βπ Strabo 10.4.12