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🌍 Tauris (Pontos)

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  • Alternative names
    Thracian Chersonesos Crimean Peninsula
    Alternative name
    🌍 Pallene (alt. Tauris)
    Information
    peninsula in the north of the Black Sea, modern Crimean peninsula
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226778
    Serves as entrance to
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Cult site of
    👤 Iphigeneia daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Apollo Olympian god
    Place of death of
    👤 Perses (Colchian) brother of Aietes
    Ruled by
    👤 Thoas (Taurian) king of the Taurians👤 Perses (Colchian) brother of Aietes👤 Hecate (rationalized) rationalized form of the goddess, mother of Medeia
    Conquered by
    👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy
    Related Entities
    👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Iphigeneia daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra🌍 Aulis (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Thoas (Taurian) king of the Taurians👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra👤 Pylades son of Strophios🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia at Brauron (Attica)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Scythia region north of the Black Sea🌍 Halai Araphenides (Attica) deme of Attica👥 the Erinyes personifications of vengeance👤 Perses (Colchian) brother of Aietes👤 Hecate (rationalized) rationalized form of the goddess, mother of Medeia👥 the Bronze-Footed Bulls of Aietes yoked by Jason🌍 Lesbos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia🌍 Arabia region in south-eastern Aegean🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Assyria region👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) river in Lydia🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Mount Libanos (Syria) mountain in Syria👤 the Aegis monster from which the Aegis is created🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (Libya) unlocatable mountain range in Libya👤 Bousiris (Egyptian) king of Egypt👤 Proteus (Egyptian) king of Egypt, son of Poseidon🌍 Castabala (Cappadocia) unlocatable city in Cappadocia🌍 Comana (Cappadocia) city in Cappadocia👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Second Queen of the Amazons described in Diodoros' account as extending the Amazons' kingdom
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.22📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.27📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.26-6.27📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.26📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11📖 Pausanias 1.33.1📖 Pausanias 1.43.1📖 Cypria Argumentum 8 West📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 3.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 44📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 170-182📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.106📖 Diodoros, Library 4.44.7-4.45.8📖 Diodoros, Library 4.47.1-4.47.6📖 Pomponius Mela 2.11📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Ovid, Ibis 383-384📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 4.390📖 Strabo 12.2.7📖 Strabo 12.2.3🎨 Campanian Red-Figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Libation Painter (Nicholson NM51.17; LIMC Iphigeneia 25)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Centenario IX 8, 3.7, Pompeii (PALP r9-i8-p3-space-41)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (MANN 9111, 9286; PALP r1-i4-p5-space-35)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Pinarius Cerialis III 4, 4, Pompeii (LIMC Artemis/Diana 47; PALP r3-i4-p4-space-a)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Sirico VII 1, 25.47, Pompeii (MANN 8994; PALP r7-i1-p25-space-34)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Caecilius Iucundus V I, 23.26, Pompeii (MANN 111439; LIMC Iphigeneia 52; PALP r5-i1-p26-space-i)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di T. Dentatius Panthera IX 2, 16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p16-space-b)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-q)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Postumii VIII 4, 4.49, Pompeii (PALP r8-i4-p4-space-33)🎨 Wall painting from Masseria d'Irace (?), Pompeii (MANN SN 16)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d)🎨 Wall Painting from Herculaneum (MANN 9538)📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 27📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.308-14.357📖 Diodoros, Library 2.45.1-2.46.6📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.136
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomePausanias CypriaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Zeus RantsCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartD-Scholia, IliadDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaOvid, IbisServius, Scholia on GeorgicsStraboAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
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