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🌍 Lesbos (island)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11313431" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11313431">📖 Strabo 13.3.2-13.3.3</span>
  • Alternative name
    🌍 Pelasgia (alt. Lesbos)
    Information
    island in the Aegean Sea
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128087
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550696
    Cult site of
    👤 Poseidon👤 Apollo👤 Dionysos (Olympian)
    Place of birth of
    👤 Prylis
    Place of death of
    👤 Apriate👤 Trambelos👤 Lampetos (Methymnan)👤 Hicetaon (Methymnan)👤 Hypsipylos (Methymnan)👤 Lepetymnos👤 Methymna (eponym)👤 Peisidice (Methymnan)
    Place of burial of
    🏺 the Head of Orpheus👤 Palamedes👤 Trambelos
    Settled by
    👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)👥 the Aiolians👤 Xanthos (Argive)👥 the Pelasgians👤 Macareus (Lesbian)
    Settled from
    🌍 Aiolia🌍 Boiotia🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)🌍 Olenos (Achaia)
    Named by
    👤 Lesbos
    Eponym
    👤 Lesbos
    Ruled by
    👤 Macareus (Lesbian)👤 Xanthos (Argive)👤 Pylaios
    Conquered by
    👤 Achilles👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)👤 Myrine👥 the Aiolians👤 Gras
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Trambelos (Lesbos)🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus🏺 the Head of Orpheus
    Encompasses
    🌍 Issa (Lesbos) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo at Lesbos 🏛️ the Temple of Dionysos at Lesbos 🌍 Methymna (Lesbos) 🌍 Mount Cillaion (Lesbos) 🌍 Mount Pylaios (Lesbos) 🌍 Eresos (Lesbos) 🏛️ the Stone Snake of Lesbos 🏛️ the Tomb of Trambelos (Lesbos)
    Related entities
    👤 Achilles👤 Diomede (Lesbian)👤 Macareus (Lesbian)👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy🏺 the Trojan Horse🌍 Troy (Troad)👤 Prylis🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)👤 Nestor👥 the Pylos Contingent at Troy (attackers)🌍 Cape Geraistos (Euboia)🌍 Tenedos (island)🌍 Pylos (Messenia)👤 Diomedes (Argive I)👥 the Argos Contingent at Troy (attackers)🌍 Argos (city)👤 Menelaos👥 the Lacedaimon Contingent at Troy (attackers)👤 Odysseus👤 Philomeleides🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 Crete (island)🌍 Naxos (island)🌍 Lemnos (island)👤 Leto🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 Phocaia (Ionia)🌍 Euboia (island)🌍 Scyros (island)🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)🌍 Paros (island)🌍 Samos (island)🌍 Delos (island)🌍 Chios (island)🌍 Mount Mimas (Ionia)🌍 Aigina (island)🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor)🌍 Samothrace (island)🌍 Mount Mycale (Caria)🌍 Crapathos (island)🌍 Cos (city)🌍 Claros (Ionia)🌍 Imbros (island)🌍 Mount Corycos (Ionia)🌍 Aigai (Achaia)🌍 Eiresiai (unlocatable)🌍 Peparethos (island)🌍 Autocane (Ionia)🌍 Mount Aisagee (unlocatable)🌍 Rhenaia (island)🌍 Cnidos (Asia Minor)🌍 Acte (Chalcidice)🌍 Boiotia👥 the Aiolians🌍 Aiolia👤 Thersites👤 Apollo👤 Artemis🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece)🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus🏺 the Head of Orpheus🌍 Rhodes (island)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)👥 the Pelasgians👤 Xanthos (Argive)🌍 Olenos (Achaia)👤 Lesbos👤 Methymna🌍 Pelasgia (alt. Lesbos)👤 Son of Macareus (name unknown)👤 Cydrolaos🌍 Cos (island)👤 Neandros👤 Leucippos (Lesbian)🌍 the Macarioi (islands)🌍 Tauris (Pontos)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Arabia🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)🌍 Assyria👤 Myrine🌍 River Caicos (Lydia)⏳ the Flood of Deucalion🌍 Aulis (Boiotia)👤 Nyctimene👤 Epopeus (Lesbian)🌍 River Granicos (Asia Minor)👤 Gras🌍 Hypoplacian Thebes (Troad)🌍 Lyrnessos (Troad)🌍 Pedasos (Troad)🌍 Ionia👤 Pylaios👤 Myton🌍 Chryse (Troad)🌍 Cilla (Troad)👤 Aphrodite👤 Trambelos👤 Apriate🏛️ the Tomb of Trambelos (Lesbos)🌍 Lesbos (island)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Palamedes👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)🌍 Assos (Troad)🏛️ the Stone Snake of Lesbos👤 the Snake of Lesbos👤 Peisidice (Methymnan)👤 Lampetos (Methymnan)👤 Hicetaon (Methymnan)👤 Hypsipylos (Methymnan)👤 Lepetymnos👤 Methymna (eponym)👤 Poseidon🌍 Pitane (Asia Minor)🌍 Methymna (Lesbos)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.33📖 Homer, Iliad 9.656-9.675📖 Homer, Iliad 24.543-24.551📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 202-228📖 Pausanias 3.2.1-3.2.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.151-3.183📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.341-4.345📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 25-49📖 Strabo 9.2.5📖 Proclos, Chrestomathy Aithiopis📖 Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 11-12📖 Diegeseis to Callimachus 2.41-3.11 Norsa & Vitelli = Aetia fr. 92a Harder📖 Diodoros, Library 5.57.1-5.57.8📖 Diodoros, Library 5.81.1-5.81.8📖 Diodoros, Library 5.82.1-5.82.4📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.531-2.632📖 Strabo 13.1.3📖 Strabo 13.1.7📖 Strabo 13.3.2-13.3.3📖 Strabo 5.2.3-5.2.4📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 111 Harder📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.140-13.195📖 Pseudo-Palaiphatos 48📖 Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 26
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloStraboProclos, ChrestomathyLucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector Diegeseis to CallimachusDiodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesCallimachus, AetiaPseudo-PalaiphatosParthenios, Erotica Pathemata
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    AithiopisCallimachus, AetiaZeno of RhodesDionysios ScytobrachionHomer, IliadMenecratesEuphorion of ChalcisAristocritos
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Aithiopis Argumentum 1 West📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 91-92 Harder📖 Zeno of Rhodes BNJ 523 fr. 1📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Homer, Iliad 20.86-20.102📖 Homer, Iliad 2.686-2.694📖 Homer, Iliad 9.270-9.320📖 Menecrates FGrHist 701 fr. 1📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 26 Lightfoot📖 Aristocritos FGrHist 493 fr. 2
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Lesbos (island)🌍 Chios (island)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    🌍 Lesbos (island)👥 the Pelasgians🌍 Chios (island)🌍 Mount Mycale (Caria)🌍 Ionia👤 Pylaios🌍 Mount Pylaios (Lesbos)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Strabo 13.3.2-13.3.3
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