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🌍 Mount Bagistanos (Persia)

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  • Information
    mountain in modern Iran
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/902996
    Cult site of
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Park of Semiramis (Mt Bagistanos) on the slopes of Mt Bagistanos🏛️ the Behistun Inscription and Reliefs (Persia) relief sculptures and inscription into the rockface of Mt Behistun created by and celebrating Darius
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Park of Semiramis (Mt Bagistanos)  🏛️ the Behistun Inscription and Reliefs (Persia)  🎨 Relief of Heracles in Behistun (in situ)
    Has depictions of
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of Heracles
    Related entities
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🏛️ the Park of Semiramis (Mt Bagistanos) on the slopes of Mt Bagistanos🏛️ the Behistun Inscription and Reliefs (Persia) relief sculptures and inscription into the rockface of Mt Behistun created by and celebrating Darius🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 River Indos (India) river in India🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia) city in Mesopotamia🌍 Persia region in Asia🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto🌍 Bactra (Bactria) city in Bactria🌍 Chauon (Media) city in modern Iran🌍 the Zagros Mountains (Media)🌍 Ecbatana (Media) city in Media🌍 Mount Bagistanos (Persia) mountain in modern Iran
    Mentioned by
    📖 Diodoros, Library 2.13.1-2.14.4📖 Diodoros, Library 2.13.1-2.19.10
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, Library
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1
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