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🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia)

  • <div data-attribute_names="[]"><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11299624" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11299624">Ps-Plutarch, <span style="font-style: italic;">On Rivers</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11300603" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11300603">Diodoros, <span style="font-style: italic;">Library</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11292578" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11292578">Strabo<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11307852" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11307852">Ovid, <span style="font-style: italic;">Metamorphoses</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11302437" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11302437">Antoninus Liberalis, <span style="font-style: italic;">Metamorphoses</span></span></span></div>
  • Information
    city in Mesopotamia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951
    Cult site of
    👤 Belos (Babylonian) god often identified with Zeus
    Place of death of
    👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto👤 Axourtas character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Pyramos lover of Thisbe, Babylonian👤 Thisbe (Babylonian) lover of Pyramus
    Place of burial of
    👤 Belos (Babylonian) god often identified with Zeus👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon
    Founded by
    👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto
    Settled by
    👤 Belos (Egyptian) son of Poseidon and Libya
    Settled from
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
    Fortified by
    👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto
    Ruled by
    👤 Cordyes character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Fortifications
    🏛️ the Walls of Babylon
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Belos (Babylon)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ 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
    Mentioned in Text
    Ps-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryStraboOvid, MetamorphosesAntoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
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