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- region of southern Greece
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Apia (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 Pelasgiotis (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 Argos (alt. Peloponnese)
- Cult site of
- 👤 Zeus (Olympian)
- Place of conception of
- 👤 Thamyris
- Place of death of
- 👤 Aristomachos (Heraclid) 👤 Pamphylos 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Dymas (s. of Aigimios)
- Settled by
👤 Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Dryopes ethnic collective
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Caucones ethnic collective
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Pelasgians ethnic collective
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Leleges of Argos ethnic collective on mainland Greece
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese post-Heraclid Return
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Settled from
🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Named by
👤 Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Eponym
👤 Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Dionysios, PeriegesisGeographyDionysios CypriaEpicEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Pindar, Nemean 2Pindar🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
🌍 Acharnai (Attica) deme of Attica
PindarStraboStraboIon of Chios, TragediesTragedy & SatyrIon of ChiosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Ion of Chios
- Ruled by
👤 Phoroneus son of Inachos
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) son of Orestes, Spartan king
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Apis (Argive) eponym of Apia, killed by Aitolos
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Atreus son of Pelops, father of Agamemnon and Menelaos
D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy
Homer, IliadEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)👤 Criasos son of Argos
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Argos (eponym) son of Zeus and Niobe
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Xouthos (s. of Hellen)Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) son of Pelops
D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)👤 Hellen eponym of the Hellenes
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Conquered by
👤 Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese
Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👥 the Heracleidai descendants of Heracles, successfully take Peloponnese
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Conon, NarrationsCononLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)StraboStrabo👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese post-Heraclid Return
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👥 the Children of Heracles attempt to take Peloponnesos in the first generation, with Hyllos, pursued by Eurystheus
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achaios 👤 Aerope (Argive) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Apis (Argive) 👤 Argiope (Parnassian) 👤 Argos (eponym) 👤 Aristomachos (Heraclid) 👤 Atreus 👤 Criasos 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Glenos 👤 Hellen 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Oxylos (Elian) 👤 Pamphylos 👤 Pelasgos (Arcadian) 👤 Helen 👤 Philammon 👤 Phoroneus 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 👤 Onchestos (s. of Agrios) 🌍 Marathon (Attica) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👤 Temenos (Heraclid) 👤 Thamyris 👤 Thersites 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Tlepolemos (Rhodian) 👤 Xouthos (s. of Hellen) 👥 the Danaids 🌍 Apia (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 Pelasgiotis (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 the Peloponnese 👤 the Golden Lamb of Atreus 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Mysia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Rhodes (island) 🌍 Lindos (Rhodes) 🌍 Attica 🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Calydon (Aitolia) 🌍 Mount Oita (Thessaly) 👥 the Pelasgians 🌍 Argos (alt. Peloponnese) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 👥 the Ionians 🌍 Doris (N. Greece) 🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese) 👤 Danaos 🏺 the Ship of Danaos 👥 the Horses of Laomedon 👤 Dymas (s. of Aigimios) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 👤 Abia 👤 Polyxo (Argive & Rhodian) 👥 the Dryopes 🌍 Cape Rhion (Achaia) 👥 the Daughters of Proitos 👥 the Leleges of Argos 👥 the Children of Heracles 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 👥 the Heracleidai 👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese 🌍 Euripos Strait (Euboia) 🌍 Debai (Arabia) 👥 the Caucones 🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.9 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.2.2 📖 Pausanias 4.30.1 📖 Pausanias 1.39.4 📖 Pausanias 8.5.6 📖 Pausanias 5.1.2 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 403-406 📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13 📖 Pausanias 8.5.1-8.5.6 📖 Pausanias 2.5.6-2.5.7 📖 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.2-2.8.4 📖 Cypria fr. 16 West 📖 Pindar, Nemean 2 16-25 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.59 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.45.5 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.106 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.107 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.171 📖 Pomponius Mela 1.90 📖 Strabo 7.7.1 📖 Strabo 8.6.9 📖 Strabo 9.4.10 📖 Strabo 8.1.2 📖 Strabo 8.3.33 📖 Strabo 3.5.5-3.5.6 📖 Strabo 5.2.3-5.2.4 📖 Conon, Narrations 7 📖 Ion of Chios, Tragedies FragTrag fr. 22-38 = fr. 17a-33, 59 Snell-Kannicht 📖 Conon, Narrations 26 📖 Conon, Narrations 27 ⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Dionysios, Periegesis Cypria Pausanias Strabo Pindar, Nemean 2 Diodoros, Library Pomponius Mela D-Scholia, Iliad Conon, Narrations Ion of Chios, Tragedies
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.265-4.289 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.100-2.108 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.145-16.154 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.317-16.329 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 115 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 113
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Sicyon (Argolid)