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🌍 Boiotia

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10149326" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10149326">📖 Pausanias 1.39.5</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10149746" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10149746">📖 Pausanias 9.34.5</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10774303" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10774303">📖 Pausanias 9.24.2</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291362" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291362">📖 Pausanias 9.27.6-9.27.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291443" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291443">📖 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11302573" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11302573">📖 Diodoros, Library 4.3.1-4.3.5</span>
  • Alternative name
    🌍 Aonia (alt. Boiotia)
    Information
    region on the Greek mainland
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540689
    Cult site of
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian)
    Place of birth of
    👥 the Spartoi of Thebes👤 Odysseus
    Place of death of
    👤 Cithairon (personification)👤 Ino👤 Metioche (Boiotian)👤 Menippe (Boiotian)👤 Helicon👤 Actaion👤 the Serpent of Ares👥 the Suitors of Atalante
    Settled by
    👥 the Aonians👥 the Temmicians👥 the Leleges of Argos👥 the Hyantians👥 the Pelasgians👤 Cadmos (Theban)
    Settled from
    🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 Phoinicia
    Eponym
    👤 Boiotos
    Derives etymology from
    👤 the Cow of Thebes
    Ruled by
    👤 Athamas (Orchomenian)👤 Cadmos (Theban)👤 Xanthos (Theban)👤 Cecrops (Athenian II)
    Conquered by
    👤 Cadmos (Theban)
    Related entities
    👥 the Boiotian Contingent at Troy (attackers)👤 Athamas (Orchomenian)👤 Helle👤 Ino👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas)👤 Nephele (Epirote)👤 the Golden Ram🌍 the Hellespont🌍 Colchis (Pontos)🌍 Athamantia (N. Greece)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Crete (island)👤 Rhadamanthys👤 Dotis👤 Labdacos👤 Pandion (Athenian I)👤 Tereus🌍 Attica🌍 the Baliares (islands)👤 Boiotos👤 Amphiaraos👤 Baton👤 Schoineus (f. of Atalante)🌍 Schoinos (Arcadia)🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 Teos (Asia Minor)👤 Apoicos👤 Geres👤 Bacis👤 Alcmene👤 Amphitryon🌍 Opountian Locris🌍 Phocis🌍 the Taphian Islands👥 the Aonians🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)👥 the Temmicians👥 the Leleges of Argos👥 the Hyantians👥 the Pelasgians🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 Thessaly🌍 Arne (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Hymettos (Attica)🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis)🌍 Lesbos (island)👥 the Aiolians👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)🌍 Aiolia👤 Antiope (Theban)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Hermes👤 Teiresias👤 Hera👤 Leto🌍 Arcadia🌍 Cos (island)🌍 the Echinades (islands)🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia)🌍 Delos (island)🌍 River Anauros (Thessaly)🌍 Corcyra (island)🌍 River Asopos (Boiotia)🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes)🌍 Helice (Achaia)🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia)🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia)🌍 Boura (Achaia)🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)🌍 Larisa (Thessaly)🌍 Tempe (Thessaly)🌍 River Strophie👤 Athena👤 Cadmos (Theban)👤 Oedipus👤 Cithairon (personification)👤 Helicon👤 Heracles🌍 the Peloponnese🌍 Debai (Arabia)🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)👤 the Cow of Thebes👤 Pelagon (Phocian)👤 Agenor (f. of Europe)👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan)🌍 Phoinicia👤 Ismenos (river god)🌍 Phlious (Argolid)👤 Aristaios🌍 Libya (North Africa)👤 Areithoos (Boiotian)👤 Eteocles (Theban)👤 Tydeus👤 Pelops (Pisan)🌍 Thalamai (Laconia/Messenia)🌍 Leuctra (Laconia)🌍 Charadra (Messenia/Laconia)🌍 Orchomenos (Boiotia)🌍 the Megarid🌍 Ozolian Locris🌍 Leucas (Acarnania)🌍 Hyampolis (Phocis)👤 Xanthos (Theban)🌍 Aitolia👤 Actaion👤 Artemis👥 the Dogs of Actaion🏺 the Teeth of the Serpent of Ares👤 the Serpent of Ares👥 the Spartoi of Thebes👤 Philotas🌍 Priene (Asia Minor)👤 Tlepolemos (Rhodian)🌍 Rhodes (island)👤 Narcissos👤 Liriope👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Aganippe (eponym)👤 Aphrodite👤 Poseidon👤 Leucothea (goddess)👤 Odysseus👥 the Muses👥 the Daughters of Pieros🌍 Pella (Macedonia)🌍 River Permessos (Boiotia)🏛️ Spring Hippocrene (Mt Helicon)🏛️ Spring Aganippe (Mt Helicon)👤 Cecrops (Athenian II)🌍 Corinth (Argolid)🌍 Magnesia (Thessaly)🌍 Tegea (Arcadia)🌍 Phthia (Thessaly)👥 the Cattle of Apollo🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia)🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia)🌍 Larisa (Argos)👥 the Cattle of Admetos🌍 Pelasgiotis (Thessaly)🏛️ the Lookout of Battos (unlocatable)🌍 Coryphasion (Messenia)👤 Apollo🌍 Gortyna (Crete)👤 Metioche (Boiotian)👤 Menippe (Boiotian)👤 Hades👤 Persephone⭐ Metioche and Menippe👤 Atalante👥 the Suitors of Atalante👤 Hippomenes (h. of Atalante)🏺 the Golden Apples of Aphrodite👤 Orion (hunter)🌍 Euboia (island)🌍 Euripos Strait (Euboia)👤 Palaimon (god)👤 Melicertes👤 Iolaos🌍 Sparta (Laconia)🌍 Delphi (Phocis)🌍 Ainia (Thessaly)🌍 Barce (N. Africa)👤 Tychios👥 the Aithyiai👤 Meleagros👥 the Meleagrides🌍 Thebes (Egypt)👥 the Ectenoi👤 Ogygos👤 Daphne (nymph)🏺 the Delphic Tripod👤 Harmonia (Theban)👤 Pentheus🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece)👤 Epeiros🌍 Megara (Argolid)👤 Habrote👤 Eleuther (s. of Lycaon)👤 Lebados (Arcadian)🌍 Troy (Troad)👤 Glaucia (Trojan)👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris)👤 the Teumessian Fox👤 Laelaps (dog of Procris)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.8📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 633-647📖 Pausanias 9.1.1-9.1.2📖 Pausanias 2.23.2📖 Pausanias 8.35.10📖 Pausanias 7.3.6📖 Pausanias 10.12.11📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 1-27📖 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4📖 Strabo 9.2.5📖 Strabo 9.2.25📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 4.2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Astrology 11📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-205📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 57-136📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 2📖 Diodoros, Library 3.45.5📖 Hesiod fr. 308 Most📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.494c📖 Diodoros, Library 4.2.1-4.2.6📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 138 Most📖 Diodoros, Library 4.67.2-4.67.7📖 Diodoros, Library 4.72.1-4.72.2📖 Diodoros, Library 4.81.1-4.81.5📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 7.9📖 Diodoros, Library 4.65.1-4.65.9📖 Strabo 8.4.4📖 Strabo 7.7.1📖 Strabo 7.7.2📖 Strabo 9.3.15📖 Strabo 9.1.7📖 Strabo 10.3.2-10.3.4📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252📖 Strabo 14.1.3📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 2.140📖 Strabo 14.1.12📖 Strabo 14.2.6-14.2.11📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.339-3.510📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.1-4.54📖 Vergil, Eclogues 10📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 768-800📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.250-5.331📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 32📖 Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 2a-j Harder📖 Strabo 9.2.18📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 23📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 25📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.560-10.637📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.638-10.704📖 Strabo 1.3.19📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.260-8.328📖 Sophocles, Electra 698-761📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.196📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.543-4.603📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.26📖 Pliny, Natural History 10.74 = 10.37.1-10.38.1📖 Conon, Narrations 39📖 Conon, Narrations 37📖 Pausanias 9.5.1📖 Pseudo-Palaiphatos 49📖 Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 32📖 Plutarch, Greek Questions 16📖 Plutarch, Greek Questions 39📖 Plutarch, Greek Questions 41📖 Photios, Lexicon s.v. Τευμεσία
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHesiod, Shield of HeraclesStraboLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, AstrologyCallimachus, Hymn to DelosCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaPs-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryHesiodD-Scholia, IliadHesiod, EhoiaiOvid, MetamorphosesServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, EcloguesLucian, Zeus RantsScholia on Callimachus, AetiaAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesSophocles, ElectraPliny, Natural HistoryConon, NarrationsPseudo-PalaiphatosParthenios, Erotica PathemataPlutarch, Greek QuestionsPhotios, Lexicon
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    EphorosApollodoros, LibraryHellanicosPherecydes of AthensHomer, IliadPindarAristotle, ConstitutionsApollodoros of AthensVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, AetiaDidymarchos, MetamorphosesHesiod, Great EhoiaiNicanderAntigonos of CarystosApollonios, EpigramsPamphilosCorinnaIon of Chios, Tragedies EpigonoiAristodemos
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 119📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.1-3.4.2📖 Hellanicos fr. 51 Fowler📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 158 Fowler📖 Homer, Iliad 2.511-2.516📖 Pindar fr. 83 Snell-Maehler📖 Aristotle, Constitutions fr. 560 Rose📖 Aristotle, Constitutions fr. 550 Rose📖 Aristotle, Constitutions fr. 546 Rose📖 Aristotle, Constitutions fr. 473 Rose📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 122a📖 Apollodoros of Athens FGrHist 244 fr. 205📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.140-2.154📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 2 Harder📖 Didymarchos, Metamorphoses📖 Hesiod, Great Ehoiai fr. 194a, b Most📖 Nicander fr. 40 Gow-Scholfield📖 Antigonos of Carystos📖 Apollonios, Epigrams📖 Pamphilos📖 Corinna fr. 656 PMG📖 Nicander fr. 57 Gow-Scholfield📖 Ion of Chios, Tragedies FragTrag fr. 22-38 = fr. 17a-33, 59 Snell-Kannicht📖 Epigonoi fr. 3 West📖 Aristodemos FGrHist 383 fr. 2
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Megareus (Boiotian & Megarian)🌍 Megara (Argolid)👤 Minos (Cretan I)👤 Nisos (Megarian)🌍 Onchestos (Boiotia)🌍 Nisa (alt. Megara)👤 Cerberos (dog)🌍 the Underworld👤 Heracles🌍 Mount Laphystios (Boiotia)👤 Eteocles (Orchomenian)🌍 the Sanctuary of the Charites at Orchomenos (Boiotia)🌍 Athens (Boiotia)🌍 Eleusis (Boiotia)👤 Heracles (Dactyl)🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter at Mycalessos (Boiotia)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 India
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 1.39.5 📖 Pausanias 9.34.5 📖 Pausanias 9.24.2 📖 Pausanias 9.27.6-9.27.8 📖 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7 📖 Diodoros, Library 4.3.1-4.3.5
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