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🌍 Pessinous (Phrygia)

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  • Information
    city in central Phrygia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/609500
    Cult site of
    👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Cybele at Pessinous (Phrygia)
    Related entities
    🌍 River Sangarios (Phrygia) river in Phrygia👤 Attis Phrygian attendant of Cybele👤 Agdistis demon born of Zeus👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 River Maiandros (Caria) river in Caria👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'👤 Maiandros (eponym) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Anaxibia (Lydian) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Archelaos (Lydian) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Sister of Maiandros (name unknown) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Midas king of the Phrygians, son of Gordios
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 7.17.9-7.17.12📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 9
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasPs-Plutarch, On Rivers
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Hermesianax
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Hermesianax fr. 10 Lightfoot
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) Maionia, region in Asia Minor
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