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🌍 Epidauros (Argolid)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10159253" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10159253">📖 Pausanias 2.11.7</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10187024" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10187024">📖 Pausanias 2.29.1</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291246" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291246">📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291250" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291250">📖 Pausanias 2.26.3-2.26.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291279" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291279">📖 Pausanias 2.28.3-2.28.7</span>
  • Information
    city in the Argolid
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233576
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570228
    Cult site of
    👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing👤 Hyrnetho daughter of Temenos
    Place of birth of
    👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing
    Place of death of
    👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) "clubman", son of Hephaistos
    Place of burial of
    👤 Hyrnetho daughter of Temenos
    Settled by
    👥 the Ionians ethnic collective
    Settled from
    🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica) area in northeastern Attica that included the cities of Marathon, Probalinthos, Tricorythos, and Oenoe.
    Eponym
    👤 Epidauros eponym of Epidauros
    Ruled by
    👤 Pityreus king of Epidauros, descendant of Ion👤 Gorgophonos (Mycenaean II) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👤 Deiphontes son of Antimachos, husband of Hyrnetho
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Hyrnetho (Epidauros)
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Asclepios at Epidauros 🏛️ the Theater at Epidauros (Epidauros) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Hyrnetho at Epidauros 🏛️ the Tomb of Hyrnetho (Epidauros) 🎨 Cult Statue of Asclepios in the Sanctuary of Asclepios, Epidauros (Not Extant) 🎨 Parian Marble Statue of Epione from the Sanctuary of Asclepios at Epidauros (Not Extant)
    Related entities
    👤 Theseus Athenian hero👤 Periphetes (Epidaurian) "clubman", son of Hephaistos🏺 the Club of Theseus originally belonging to Periphetes👥 the Argos Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Troizen (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Old Hermion (Argolid) a Mycenaean city in the southern Argolid, in ruins in the historical period🌍 Aigina (island) island off Attica🌍 Asine (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Eion (Argolid) unlocatable city in the Argolid🌍 Mases (Argolid) city in the Argolid👤 Pityreus king of Epidauros, descendant of Ion👤 Deiphontes son of Antimachos, husband of Hyrnetho🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Epidauros eponym of Epidauros👤 Coronis (Thessalian) daughter of Phlegyas, mother of Asclepios👤 Phlegyas (eponym) son of Ares, father of Coronis👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing👤 Procles (Samian) son of Pityreus🌍 Crommyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Eleusis (Attica) city in Attica🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth land bridge connecting the Peloponnese with mainland Greece🌍 Megara (Argolid) city on the Attica-Argolid border🌍 Laciadai (Attica) deme in Attica🌍 Erineos (Eleusis) location near Eleusinian Cephisos where Hades abducts Persephone🏛️ the Pine Tree of Sinis (Argolid) used by Sinis to kill passers-by🏛️ the Tomb of Hyrnetho (Epidauros)👤 Hyrnetho daughter of Temenos👤 Cerynes son of Temenos👤 Phalces (Argive) son of Temenos👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Hippolytos (Troizenian) son of Theseus and an Amazon🌍 the Rocks of Sceiron (Megarid)👤 Phaidra daughter of Minos, wife of Theseus🌍 the Saronic Gulf off the coast of Aigina👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid👤 Helen Helen of Troy🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🏺 the Scabbard of Perseus involved in the etymology of Mycenae👤 Gorgophonos (Mycenaean II) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers👥 the Ionians ethnic collective🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica) area in northeastern Attica that included the cities of Marathon, Probalinthos, Tricorythos, and Oenoe.👤 Beroe (Theban) nurse of Semele👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Themis Titan, personification of law👤 Epione wife of Asclepios👤 Antimenes son of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho👤 Argeios (Epidaurian) son of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho👤 Xanthippos (Epidaurian) son of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho👤 Orsobia daughter of Deiphontes and Hyrnetho🌍 Epidauros (Argolid) city in the Argolid
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.16.1📖 Homer, Iliad 2.559-2.568📖 Pausanias 2.1.4📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2📖 Pausanias 2.26.3-2.26.8📖 Pausanias 2.29.5📖 Pausanias 7.4.2📖 Plutarch, Theseus 8.1-12.2📖 Plutarch, Theseus 8.1📖 Pausanias 2.23.3📖 Pausanias 2.28.3-2.28.7📖 Euripides, Hippolytos 1166-1247📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18📖 Ovid, Ibis 405-406📖 Strabo 8.6.15📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.253-3.315📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.425-7.452
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusEuripides, HippolytosHesiod, EhoiaiPs-Plutarch, On RiversOvid, IbisStraboOvid, Metamorphoses
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Epidauros (Argolid) city in the Argolid
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 2.11.7 📖 Pausanias 2.29.1 📖 Pausanias 2.26.1-2.26.2 📖 Pausanias 2.26.3-2.26.8 📖 Pausanias 2.28.3-2.28.7
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