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🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)

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  • Information
    promontory on the Strait of Messina
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462416
    In
    🌍 Sicily (island)
    Identified with
    🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) unlocatable island encountered by Odysseus
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Poseidon Olympian god
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Typhon son of Ge
    Created by
    πŸ‘€ Orion (hunter) a gigantic autochthon
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Pelorias (Sicily)
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Eurystheus assigns Heracles his laborsπŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek heroπŸ‘€ Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles🌍 Crete (island) island in the AegeanπŸ‘₯ the Cattle of Geryon stolen by Heracles🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Gadeira (Iberia) city on Atlantic coast, modern Cadiz in Spain🌍 Rhegion (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Croton (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) region in northern GreeceπŸ›οΈ the Pillars of Heracles at the western end of the Mediterranean (variously located)🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland🌍 Etruria (Italy) region of Italy🌍 Liguria (Italy) region in northwest Italy🌍 Himera (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 the Palatine Hill (Rome) part of the city of Rome🌍 Syracuse (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Iberia (W. Europe) region now Spain and Portugal🌍 Aigesta (Sicily)🌍 Hecatompylos (N. Africa) city in Libya, probably to be identified with Theveste (modern TΓ©bessa)🌍 Alesia (Gaul) city in Gaul🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania) active volcanic region east of Cumae🌍 Agyrion (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Poseidonia (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Leontini (Sicily) city in SicilyπŸ›οΈ the Route through the Graian Alps created by Heracles, identified by Pliny as the "Graian Pass", which is likely the route now known as the Petit St Bernard🌍 Lake Avernus (Campania)πŸ‘€ Orion (hunter) a gigantic autochthon🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) unlocatable island encountered by OdysseusπŸ‘€ Typhon son of Ge🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) mountain on Sicily🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily) promontory in south-west SicilyπŸ‘€ Poseidon Olympian god
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.85.1-4.85.7πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.12-1.2.14πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, LibraryStraboOvid, Metamorphoses
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    HesiodEratosthenes, Geography
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Hesiod fr. 245 MostπŸ“– Eratosthenes, Geography fr. 6 Roller
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