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🌍 Tauris (Pontos)

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  • 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🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor🌍 the Black Sea sea north-east of the Aegean🌍 Persia region in Asia🌍 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👤 Pallene daughter of Sithon
    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📖 Proclos, Chrestomathy Cypria📖 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 5.77.1-5.77.8📖 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📖 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, EpitomePausaniasProclos, ChrestomathyLucian, 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
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Herodotos, Histories CypriaEuripides, Iphigeneia in TaurisDictys of Crete, TroicaDionysios ScytobrachionVergil, GeorgicsNicander
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Herodotos, Histories 4.103📖 Cypria Argumentum 8 West📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 311-312📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 598-599📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 603-605📖 Dictys of Crete, Troica FGrHist 49 fr. 5b📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 20 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 24 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.387-4.452📖 Nicander fr. 58 Gow-Scholfield
    Depictions
    🎨 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)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Painting of Iphigenia in Tauris by Timomachos (LIMC Iphigeneia 30)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa
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