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🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia)

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  • Information
    city in Mesopotamia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951
    Cult site of
    👤 Belos (Babylonian)
    Place of death of
    👤 Semiramis👤 Axourtas👤 Pyramos👤 Thisbe (Babylonian)
    Place of burial of
    👤 Belos (Babylonian)👤 Ninos (Babylonian)
    Founded by
    👤 Semiramis
    Settled by
    👤 Belos (Egyptian)
    Settled from
    🌍 Egypt
    Fortified by
    👤 Semiramis
    Ruled by
    👤 Cordyes
    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
    Related entities
    👤 Medos (s. of Artaxerxes)👤 Roxane👤 Cordyes👤 Euphrates👤 Axourtas👤 Belos (Egyptian)🌍 Egypt🏛️ the Tomb of Belos (Babylon)👤 Derceto👤 Semiramis👤 Pyramos👤 Thisbe (Babylonian)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Cleinis👤 Apollo👤 Lycios (Babylonian)👤 Ortygios (Babylonian)👤 Harpasos (Babylonian)👤 Artemiche👤 Poseidon👤 Harpe👤 Artemis👤 Leto👤 Corax (raven)👤 Polydegmon🌍 Babylon (Egypt)🌍 Armenia🏺 the Oblisk of Semiramis🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 River Indos (India)🌍 Mount Bagistanos (Persia)🌍 Persia🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)🌍 Bactra (Bactria)🌍 Chauon (Media)🌍 the Zagros Mountains (Media)🌍 Ecbatana (Media)🏛️ the Walls of Babylon👤 Belos (Babylonian)🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia)🏛️ the Mulberry Tree of Pyramus (Babylon)👤 Ninos (Babylonian)🏛️ the Bridge over the Euphrates (Babylon)🏛️ the Palaces of Semiramis (Babylon)🏛️ The Tomb of Ninos (Babylon)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 20📖 Diodoros, Library 1.28.1-1.28.3📖 Strabo 16.1.5📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.1-4.54📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.55-4.166📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 20📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89📖 Diodoros, Library 2.7.1-2.9.9📖 Strabo 2.1.31📖 Diodoros, Library 3.1.2📖 Diodoros, Library 1.56.4📖 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
    Ps-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryStraboOvid, MetamorphosesAntoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    EuhemerusBoios, Origins of BirdsSimmiasCtesias of Cnidos, Persica
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Euhemerus test. 61 Winiarczyk📖 Boios, Origins of Birds📖 Simmias📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt🌍 Assyria
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