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🌍 Aithalia (Italy)

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  • Information
    island, modern Elba
    Identified with
    🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) unlocatable island of Circe, visited by Odysseus
    Cult site of
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Relics preserved on site
    🏺 the Scrapings of the Argonauts congealed oil from strigils used by the Argonauts, preserved as pebbles on Aithalia
    Encompasses
    🌍 Argoon (Aithalia)  🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia
    Related entities
    👤 Aietes king of Colchis🏺 the Argo ship that carried the Argonauts👥 the Argonauts sailors on the Argo🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Gadeira (Iberia) city on Atlantic coast, modern Cadiz in Spain🌍 Colchis (Pontos) region on the Black Sea🌍 Lake Triton unlocatable river, marsh and lake often conceptualised as somewhere in Libya, associated with Athena🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa) gulf in north Africa🌍 River Tanais (Scythia) modern River Don🌍 Telamon (Etruria) city in Etruria🌍 Caieta (Italy) city in Italy🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) unlocatable island of Circe, visited by Odysseus🏺 the Scrapings of the Argonauts congealed oil from strigils used by the Argonauts, preserved as pebbles on Aithalia👤 Jason (Argonaut) leader of the Argonauts👤 Circe daughter of Helios and Perseis, encountered by Odysseus👤 Medeia wife of Jason, kills her own children👤 Helen Helen of Troy👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia🌍 Croton (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Iapygia (Italy) in southeast Italy🌍 Siris (S. Italy) city in south-east Italy🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia🏛️ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios) landmark on Mt Casios, said to be a woman petrified by Aphrodite🏛️ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia) unlocated sanctuary, perhaps located at Castrum Minervae near Hydruntum🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily) city in western Sicily, modern Trapani🌍 Concheia (Sicily) unlocatable place in Sicily🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily) unlocatable lake in Sicily👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Mentioned by
    📖 Diodoros, Library 4.56.2-4.56.7📖 Strabo 5.2.6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 866-876
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, LibraryStraboLycophron, Alexandra
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Timaios
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Timaios BNJ 566 fr. 85
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