- Information
- city in Mesopotamia
- Cult site of
- 👤 Belos (Babylonian)
- Place of death of
- 👤 Axourtas 👤 Pyramos 👤 Thisbe (Babylonian) 👤 Semiramis
- Place of burial of
- 👤 Ninos (Babylonian) 👤 Belos (Babylonian)
- Founded by
👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Ctesias of Cnidos, PersicaGeographyCtesias of CnidosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)StraboStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Settled by
👤 Belos (Egyptian) son of Poseidon and Libya
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Settled from
🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Fortified by
- 👤 Semiramis
- Ruled by
👤 Cordyes character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
Ps-Plutarch, On RiversMythography & HistoriographyGeographyPs-PlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Fortifications
- 🏛️ the Walls of Babylon
- Relics preserved on site
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Belos (Babylon)
- Encompases
- 🏛️ the Temple of Belos at Babylon 🏛️ the Tomb of Belos (Babylon) 🏛️ The Tomb of Ninos (Babylon) 🏛️ the Walls of Babylon 🏛️ the Mulberry Tree of Pyramus (Babylon) 🏛️ the Bridge over the Euphrates (Babylon) 🏛️ the Palaces of Semiramis (Babylon) 🏛️ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Related Entities
- 👤 Apollo 👤 Artemis 👤 Belos (Egyptian) 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Leto 🌍 Egypt 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 River Nile (Egypt) 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) 🌍 River Strymon (Thrace) 🌍 River Phasis (Colchis) 🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece) 🌍 India 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🌍 River Maiandros (Caria) 🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia) 🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) 🌍 River Ganges (India) 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) 🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia) 🏛️ Spring Peirene (Corinth) 🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) 🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) 🌍 River Orontes (Syria) 🌍 River Erymanthos (Elis/Arcadia) 🌍 the Plain of Zeugma 🌍 River Caystros (Asia Minor) 🏛️ the Bridge of Dionysos (Euphrates) 🏺 the Chariot of Helios 🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece) 🌍 River Melas (Arcadia) 👤 Derceto 🌍 River Indos (India) 🌍 River Tanais (Scythia) 👤 Medos (s. of Artaxerxes) 👤 Roxane 👤 Cordyes 🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia) 🌍 River Medos (alt. Euphrates) 👤 Euphrates 👤 Axourtas 🌍 Armenia 🏛️ the Temple of Belos at Babylon 🌍 Mount Bagistanos (Persia) 🌍 Persia 🌍 River Tiber (Italy) 🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa) 🌍 River Po (Italy) 👥 the Horses of Helios 🌍 River Tagus (Iberia) 🌍 River Rhine 🌍 River Rhone 🏛️ the Tomb of Belos (Babylon) 👤 Pyramos 👤 Thisbe (Babylonian) 👤 Ninos (Babylonian) 🏛️ The Tomb of Ninos (Babylon) 👤 Polydegmon 👤 Corax (raven) 👤 Cleinis 👤 Lycios (Babylonian) 👤 Ortygios (Babylonian) 👤 Harpasos (Babylonian) 👤 Artemiche 👤 Harpe 👤 Semiramis 🏛️ the Walls of Babylon 🏛️ the Mulberry Tree of Pyramus (Babylon) 🌍 Bactra (Bactria) 🏛️ the Bridge over the Euphrates (Babylon) 🏛️ the Palaces of Semiramis (Babylon) 👤 Belos (Babylonian) 🌍 Babylon (Egypt) 🏺 the Oblisk of Semiramis 🌍 Chauon (Media) 🌍 the Zagros Mountains (Media) 🌍 Ecbatana (Media) 🏛️ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 20 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.28.1-1.28.3 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.56.4 📖 Strabo 16.1.5 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.1-4.54 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.55-4.166 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89 📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 20 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.7.1-2.9.9 📖 Strabo 2.1.31 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.1.2 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.11.1-2.11.5 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.13.1-2.19.10 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.20.1-2.21.8
- Mentioned in Text
- Strabo Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses Ovid, Metamorphoses
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Boios, Origins of Birds 📖 Euhemerus test. 61 Winiarczyk 📖 Simmias, Apollo 📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Syria