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👤 Aristaios

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Information
semi-divine figure, father of Actaion
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392435
Trismegistos
https://www.trismegistos.org/name/2252
Digital LIMC
https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/FYH7Ojk8T2OB6tsY8_Hp7wV
Gender
Male
Birth
Birth is narrated
Death
DisappearsBecomes immortal
Son of
👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Cyrene (eponym) lover of Apollo, mother of Aristaios, eponym of Cyrene in Libya👤 Carystos father of Aristios, son of Cheiron, eponym of the city in Euboia👤 Cheiron (centaur) centaur👤 Ge personification of Earth👤 Ouranos father of Cronos
Father of
👤 Actaion devoured by his own dogs👤 Nysa (d. of Aristaios) daughter of Aristaios👤 Charmos Sardinian son of Aristaios👤 Callicarpos Sardinian son of Aristaios
Husband of
👤 Autonoe (Theban) daughter of Cadmos
Has children with
👤 Autonoe (Theban) daughter of Cadmos
Conceived at
🌍 Cyrene (Libya) city in Libya
Born at
🌍 Cyrene (Libya) city in Libya
Settles in
🌍 Sardinia (island) island near Italy🌍 Ceos (island) island
Creates
🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Icmaios (Ceos)
Disappears at
🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace
Cult sites
🌍 Sicily (island) island near Italy
Related entities
👤 Autonoe (Theban) daughter of Cadmos👤 Actaion devoured by his own dogs👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Cyrene (eponym) lover of Apollo, mother of Aristaios, eponym of Cyrene in Libya🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Sardinia (island) island near Italy👤 Daidalos Athenian inventor & architect, builder of the Labyrinth👤 Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🌍 Camicos (Sicily) city in Sicily👤 Hermes Olympian god👤 Carystos father of Aristios, son of Cheiron, eponym of the city in Euboia🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Icmaios (Ceos)🌍 Ceos (island) island🌍 Caryai (N. Arcadia) city in Arcadia near Mt Cyllene👤 Ge personification of Earth👥 the Horai personifications of natural order👤 Cheiron (centaur) centaur👤 Ouranos father of Cronos👤 Ammon (god) Egyptian god identified by the Greeks with Zeus👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Nysa (d. of Aristaios) daughter of Aristaios🏛️ the Cave of Dionysos (Libya) located near the unlocatable city of Nysa🌍 Nysa (Libya) unlocatable city in Lake Triton, associated with Dionysos🌍 Boiotia region on the Greek mainland🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace🌍 Sicily (island) island near Italy🌍 Cyrene (Libya) city in Libya👤 Charmos Sardinian son of Aristaios👤 Callicarpos Sardinian son of Aristaios🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) river in Thessaly🌍 Tempe (Thessaly) valley in Thessaly🏛️ the House of Cyrene (River Peneios) a dwelling beneath the Peneios River👤 Cleio (Oceanid)👤 Beroe (Oceanid)👤 Arethousa (d. of Peneios)👤 Drymo (d. of Peneios)👤 Xantho (d. of Peneios)👤 Ligea (d. of Peneios)👤 Phyllodoce (d. of Peneios)👤 Cydippe (d. of Peneios)👤 Lycorias (d. of Peneios)👤 Ephyre (d. of Peneios)👤 Opis (d. of Peneios)👤 Deiopea (d. of Peneios)👤 Proteus (Egyptian) king of Egypt, son of Poseidon🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice) western promontory of Chalcidice👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)🌍 Caryai (S. Arcadia) city in the Parnon Mountains👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Agaue (Theban) daughter of Cadmos👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes) royal palace on the citadel of Thebes
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.4📖 Hesiod, Theogony 975-978📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7📖 Pausanias 10.17.3-10.17.4📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 160 Most📖 Bacchylides fr. 45📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 57-136📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75 Harder📖 Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.81.1-4.81.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.82.1-4.82.6📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.14📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.387-4.452📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527📖 Pausanias 10.30.5📜 P.Mich. inv. 1447 verso📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.2📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.199📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1329-1392📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1168-1328📖 Pliny, Natural History 14.6.1
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiBacchylidesCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaCallimachus, AetiaPindar, Pythian 9Diodoros, LibraryServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, GeorgicsPliny, Natural HistoryEuripides, Bacchae
Reported to be mentioned in text
Xenomedes of CeosDionysios ScytobrachionVergil, GeorgicsSallust, HistoriesPindar, Pythian 9Hesiod, EhoiaiEuhemerus
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Xenomedes of Ceos fr. 1 Fowler📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42📖 Sallust, Histories 2 fr. 5 Ramsey📖 Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 161a, b Most📖 Euhemerus test. 25 Winiarczyk📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 159 Most📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese
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