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🌍 Marpessos (Troad)

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  • Information
    city in the Troad
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1670784
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550723
    Cult site of
    👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'
    Place of birth of
    👤 Hierophile prophet at Delphi, associated also with Marpessos and the Troad
    Related entities
    👤 Hierophile prophet at Delphi, associated also with Marpessos and the Troad🌍 River Aidoneus (Troad)👤 Father of Hierophile (name unknown) a man from Marpessos in the Troad👤 Mother of Hierophile (name unknown) an Idaian nymph👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8📖 Pausanias 10.12.3-10.12.4
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Alexandria (Troad) city in the Troad
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