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🌍 Colonai (Troad)

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  • Information
    city in the Troad, described as "on the outer Hellespontine Sea" by Strabo to distinguish it from the homonymous city near Lampsacos
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550661
    Identified with
    🌍 Pedasos (Troad) unlocatable city on the River Satnioeis
    Cult site of
    👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Place of death of
    👤 Procleia wife of Cycnos
    Ruled by
    👤 Cycnos (s. of Poseidon) son of Poseidon and father of Tenes, killed by Achilles
    Conquered by
    👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo Cillaios at Colonai (Troad)
    Related entities
    👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent👤 Cycnos (s. of Poseidon) son of Poseidon and father of Tenes, killed by Achilles👤 Hemithea (d. of Cycnos)👤 Philonome daughter of Tragasos, wife of Cycnos👤 Tenes son of Cycnos or Apollo🌍 Tenedos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🏺 the Chest of Tenes used by Cycnos to set Tenes on the sea👤 Procleia wife of Cycnos🌍 Pedasos (Troad) unlocatable city on the River Satnioeis👤 Eumolpos (fluteplayer) a fluteplayer👥 the Aiolians ethnic collective🌍 Colonai (Troad) city in the Troad, described as "on the outer Hellespontine Sea" by Strabo to distinguish it from the homonymous city near Lampsacos🌍 Aiolia region of Greece👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.33📖 Pausanias 10.14.1-10.14.4📖 Hesiod fr. 292 Most📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 11📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.35📖 Diodoros, Library 5.83.1-5.83.5📖 Strabo 13.1.19📖 Strabo 13.1.46
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomePausaniasHesiodPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesD-Scholia, IliadDiodoros, LibraryStrabo
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Tenedos (island) island in the Aegean Sea
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