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🌍 Marathon (Attica)

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Information
deme in Attica
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580021
In
🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica)
Cult site of
👤 Marathon eponym of Marathon, son of Epopeus TWG -4 (🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid)👤 Echetlaios hero who fought at Marathon unknown ()
Place of death of
👤 the Marathonian Bull Cretan bull after it arrived in Marathon TWG -1 ()👤 Androgeos son of Minos TWG -1 ()👤 Eurystheus assigns Heracles his labors TWG -1 ()
Founded by
👤 Xouthos (s. of Hellen) TWG -4 (🌍 Thessaly region in northern Greece)
Founded from
🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) area of Thessaly, homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of Peleus
Eponym
👤 Marathon eponym of Marathon, son of Epopeus TWG -4 (🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid)👤 Marathos (Arcadian) Arcadian, an eponym for Marathon
Related entities
👤 Theseus Athenian hero TWG -1 ()👤 the Marathonian Bull Cretan bull after it arrived in Marathon TWG -1 ()👤 the Cretan Bull Heracles' seventh Labor TWG -1 ()🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth land bridge connecting the Peloponnese with mainland Greece🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese👤 Marathon eponym of Marathon, son of Epopeus TWG -4 (🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid)👤 Athena Olympian goddess immortal ()👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero TWG -1 ()👤 Echetlaios hero who fought at Marathon unknown ()👤 Epopeus (Sicyonian) Sicyonian king, abducts Antiope TWG -5 (🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid)🌍 Corinth (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese👤 Androgeos son of Minos TWG -1 ()🌍 the Acropolis of Athens🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) island of the Phaiacians, visited by Odysseus🌍 Tricorynthos (Attica) Attic deme🌍 Probalinthos (Attica) Attic deme🌍 Oinoe (Attic Tetrapolis) city and deme in NW Attica👤 Peirithous (Lapith) Calydonian Boar hunter, companion of Theseus TWG -1 ()👥 the Cattle of Theseus stolen by Peirithous👤 Marathos (Arcadian) Arcadian, an eponym for Marathon👤 Pan (god) god of flocks, of varying parentage immortal ()👤 Xouthos (s. of Hellen) TWG -4 (🌍 Thessaly region in northern Greece)🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) area of Thessaly, homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of Peleus🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica) area in northeastern Attica that included the cities of Marathon, Probalinthos, Tricorythos, and Oenoe.👤 Eurystheus assigns Heracles his labors TWG -1 ()👤 Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles TWG -1 ()👥 the Children of Heracles attempt to take Peloponnesos in the first generation, with Hyllos, pursued by Eurystheus TWG ()👤 Hecale old woman who hosts Theseus🌍 Hecale (Attica) Attic deme👤 Aigeus (Athenian) king of Athens TWG -1 ()🏺 the Club of Theseus originally belonging to Periphetes🌍 the Peloponnese region of southern Greece
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.6📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7📖 Pausanias 1.15.3📖 Pausanias 2.1.1📖 Pausanias 1.27.9-1.27.10📖 Pausanias 1.32.4📖 Pausanias 1.32.4-1.32.5📖 Homer, Odyssey 7.78-7.81📖 Plutarch, Theseus 14.1📖 Plutarch, Theseus 30.1-30.2📖 Plutarch, Theseus 32.4-33.1📖 Plutarch, Theseus 35.5📖 Pausanias 1.32.7📖 Lucian, The Double Indictment 9📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3📖 Pomponius Mela 2.45📖 Strabo 8.7.1📖 Strabo 8.6.19📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.3 MacLeod📖 Strabo 9.1.22📖 Diegeseis to Callimachus 10.18-11.17 Hollis = Hecale unnumbered fr.📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 17 Hollis📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 26-40 Hollis📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 67-69 Hollis📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.425-7.452📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.2
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryPausaniasHomer, OdysseyPlutarch, TheseusLucian, The Double IndictmentLucian, The Lover of LiesPomponius MelaStraboLucian, Dialogues of the Gods Diegeseis to CallimachusCallimachus, HecaleOvid, Metamorphoses
Reported to be mentioned in text
Eumelos, CorinthiacaDicaiarchos
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 19 West = fr. 1 Fowler📖 Dicaiarchos fr. 66 Wehrli
Depictions
🎨 Etruscan Terracotta Cinerary Urn (Nicholson NMR.1023.1)🎨 Etruscan Terracotta Cinerary Urn (Nicholson NMR.1026)🎨 Etruscan Terracotta Cinerary Urn (MUHM MU4731)
Reported depictions
🎨 Wall Painting of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile, Athens (LIMC Athena 603)
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