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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📖 Scholia on Apollonios, Argonautica 2.498
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloPindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 5Pindar, Pythian 9Diodoros, LibraryStraboScholia on Apollonios, Argonautica
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Artemidoros of EphesosAriaithos of TegeaPherecydes of Athens
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Artemidoros of Ephesos fr. 77 Stiehle📖 Ariaithos of Tegea BNJ 316 fr. 3📖 Pherecydes of Athens BNJ 3 fr. 58
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Gadeira (Iberia) city on Atlantic coast, modern Cadiz in Spain
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