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🌍 Cyrene (Libya)

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  • Information
    city in Libya
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable) unlocatable place visited by Odysseus
    Cult site of
    👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess
    Place of conception of
    👤 Aristaios semi-divine figure, father of Actaion
    Place of birth of
    👤 Aristaios semi-divine figure, father of Actaion
    Founded by
    👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Settled by
    👤 Antenor (Trojan) prominent Trojan👤 Helen Helen of Troy
    Settled from
    🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad
    Eponym
    👤 Cyrene (eponym) lover of Apollo, mother of Aristaios, eponym of Cyrene in Libya
    Related entities
    👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut🏛️ the House of Castor and Polydeuces (Sparta)👤 Apollo Olympian god🌍 Thera (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo Carneios at Sparta👤 Cyrene (eponym) lover of Apollo, mother of Aristaios, eponym of Cyrene in Libya👥 the Argonauts sailors on the Argo👤 Jason (Argonaut) leader of the Argonauts👤 Medeia wife of Jason, kills her own children👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Euphemos (Argonaut) son of Poseidon, Argonaut, Calydonian boar hunter👥 the Lemnian Women encountered by the Argonauts👥 the Descendants of the Argonauts descendants of the Argonauts and the Lemnian Women👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Antenor (Trojan) prominent Trojan👤 Helen Helen of Troy🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) mountain in Thessaly👤 Aristaios semi-divine figure, father of Actaion👤 Alexidamos marries daughter of Antaios🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable) unlocatable place visited by Odysseus🌍 Maurousia (Africa) region in central Africa
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 3.16.2-3.16.3📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 55-68📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 69-79📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 85-96📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 247-262📖 Pindar, Pythian 5 1-42📖 Pindar, Pythian 5 43-93📖 Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70📖 Diodoros, Library 4.81.1-4.81.5📖 Pindar, Pythian 9 103-125📖 Strabo 3.4.3📖 Strabo 17.3.8
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloPindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 5Pindar, Pythian 9Diodoros, LibraryStrabo
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Gadeira (Iberia) city on Atlantic coast, modern Cadiz in Spain
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