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🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens)

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Information
at Athens
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202487
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/969121823
In
🌍 Athens (Attica)
Cult site of
👥 the Erinyes personifications of vengeance👤 Athena Olympian goddess
Place of burial of
👤 Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste
Eponym
👤 Ares Olympian god
Derives etymology from
👤 Ares Olympian god
Place of trial of
👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra👤 Ares Olympian god👤 Daidalos Athenian inventor & architect, builder of the Labyrinth👤 Pylades son of Strophios👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) Phocian or Athenian husband of Procris, abducted by Eos
Relics preserved on site
🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia at Athens🏛️ the Tomb of Oedipus (Athens) in the Sanctuary of the Semnai, Athens🏺 the Bones of Oedipus
Encompasses
🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia at Athens 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Semnai at Athens 🏛️ the Tomb of Oedipus (Athens) 🎨 Statues (?) of the Erinyes, Hermes, Hades and Ge at the Sanctuary of the Semnai at Athens (Not Extant)
Reported to have depictions of
👥 the Erinyes personifications of vengeance👤 Ge personification of Earth👤 Hades Underworld god👤 Hermes Olympian god
Related entities
🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Theseus Athenian hero👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women👤 Antiope (Amazon) Amazonian wife of Theseus👥 the Erinyes personifications of vengeance👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) daughter of Aigisthos and Clytaimnestra👤 Ares Olympian god👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Halirrhothios (s. of Poseidon)👤 Daidalos Athenian inventor & architect, builder of the Labyrinth👤 Clytaimnestra wife of Agamemnon🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia at Athens👤 Perileos (Spartan) son of Icarios👤 Talos (Athenian) nephew of Daidalos, called Perdix in Ovid👤 Athena Olympian goddess👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 the Acropolis of Athens🏺 the Tapestry of Athena woven to win the contest with Arachne👤 Pylades son of Strophios👤 Aigisthos son of Thyestes👤 Alcippe (Athenian) daughter of Ares👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) Phocian or Athenian husband of Procris, abducted by Eos👤 Procris (hunter) daughter of Erechtheus🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens) at Athens🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo Lycios at Athens🏛️ the Palladion (Athens) court in Athens where Demophon was tried🏛️ the Tomb of Oedipus (Athens) in the Sanctuary of the Semnai, Athens🌍 the Pnyx (Athens) hill in Athens🌍 the Mouseion (Athens) hill in Athens, SE of Pnyx🏛️ the Amazoneion (Athens) location at Athens, perhaps on or near the Areiopagos, where the Amazons had their camp🌍 the Sanctuary of Chalcodon at Athens🌍 the Ardettos (Athens) hill in Athens👤 Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 the Sanctuary of the Semnai at Athens on the Areiopagos🏺 the Bones of Oedipus
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.16📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.8📖 Pausanias 1.28.5📖 Pausanias 8.34.1-8.34.4📖 Pausanias 7.25.1-7.25.3📖 Pausanias 1.21.4📖 Lucian, The Dance 39📖 Diodoros, Library 4.76.1-4.76.7📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.70-6.103📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.18📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)📖 Euripides, Electra 1232-1291📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.200📖 Pliny, Natural History 33.156📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.1
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryPausaniasLucian, The DanceDiodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesServius, Scholia on GeorgicsPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartEuripides, ElectraPliny, Natural History
Reported to be mentioned in text
Vergil, Georgics
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42
Depictions
🏺 the Tapestry of Athena woven to win the contest with Arachne
Reported depictions
🎨 Two Silver Skyphoi by Zopyros (Not Extant)
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