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🏛️ the Castalian Spring (Delphi)

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  • In
    🌍 Delphi (Phocis)
    Said to flow from or into
    🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) river in Phocis and Boiotia
    Cult site of
    👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Eponym
    👤 Castalia (d. of Acheloos) eponym of Castalia, daughter of Acheloos👤 Castalios (autochthon) eponym of Castalia, autochthon
    Related entities
    👤 Castalia (d. of Acheloos) eponym of Castalia, daughter of Acheloos👤 Cephisos (river god) river god of various locations👤 Castalios (autochthon) eponym of Castalia, autochthon👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) mountain in Phocis🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) river in Phocis and Boiotia👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes🏛️ the Cave of Python (Mt Parnassos) associated with Apollo's killing of Python🌍 Colophon (Ionia) city in Ionia🌍 Delphi (Phocis) city and sanctuary in Phocis; for prophecies see "the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)"👤 Deucalion (Thessalian) survives flood, repopulates earth👤 Themis Titan, personification of law👤 Pyrrha (Thessalian) daughter of Epimetheus, wife of Deucalion🏛️ the Temple of Themis at Delphi👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 the Cow of Thebes followed by Cadmos🌍 Panopeus (Phocis) city in Phocis🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Mt Parnassos)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 10.8.9📖 Pausanias 10.8.10📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 202-260📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 2 West📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 30📖 Pindar fr. 52f Snell-Maehler📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.313-1.415📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.1-3.137📖 Sophocles, Antigone 1115-1152
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasEuripides, Phoenician WomenPanyassis, HeracleiaLucian, Zeus RantsPindarOvid, MetamorphosesSophocles, Antigone
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 2 West📖 Alcaios fr. 307d Lobel-Page
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Lilaia (Phocis) city in Phocis
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