- Information
- region in the Peloponnese
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Pelasgia (alt. Arcadia)
- Cult site of
- 👤 Artemis 👤 Boreas
- Place of conception of
- 👤 Hermes
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Arcas 👤 Zeus 👤 Pan (god) 👤 Pelasgos (Arcadian)
- Place of death of
- 👤 Aleos 👤 Apis (Argive) 👤 Callisto 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Lycourgos (Arcadian) 👤 Oicles 👤 Satyros 👤 the Arcadian Bull 👤 Cleitor (eponym) 👤 Epochos (Arcadian) 👤 Areithoos (Boiotian) 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian I) 👤 Azan (Arcadian) 👤 Alcmaion (Arcadian)
- Place of burial of
- 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian I)
- Named by
- 👤 Arcas
- Eponym
- 👤 Arcas
- Ruled by
- 👤 Agapenor 👤 Aleos 👤 Apheidas (Arcadian) 👤 Arcas 👤 Deiphobos (Laconian) 👤 Echemos (Arcadian) 👤 Elatos (Arcadian) 👤 Hippothoos (Arcadian) 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Pelasgos (Arcadian) 👤 Lycaon (Arcadian) 👤 Lycourgos (Arcadian) 👤 Nyctimos 👤 Stymphalos (s. of Elatos) 👤 Cleitor (eponym) 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian II) 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian I) 👤 Azan (Arcadian) 👤 Boucolion (Arcadian) 👤 Cypselos 👤 Holaias 👤 Pompos 👤 Simos 👤 Teuthis (eponym) 👤 Phialos 👤 Aiginetes (Arcadian)
- Relics preserved on site
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Penelope (Arcadia) 🏺 the Tusks of the Calydonian Boar
- Encompases
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Azan (Arcadia)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Actaion 👤 Agapenor 👤 Aipytos (Messenian) 👤 Aitolos (eponym) 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Aleos 👤 Ancaios (Arcadian) 👤 Apheidas (Arcadian) 👤 Apis (Argive) 👤 Apollo 👤 Arcas 👤 Aristaios 👤 Artemis 👤 Atalante 👤 Athena 👤 Auge 👤 Augeias (Elian) 👤 Boreas 👤 Callisto 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👥 the Centaurs 👤 Cepheus (Argonaut) 👤 the Cerynitian Deer 👤 Chrysopeleia 👤 Cresphontes 👤 the Cretan Bull 👤 Deiphobos (Laconian) 👤 Echemos (Arcadian) 👤 Elatos (Arcadian) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Ida 👤 Rhea 👤 Zeus 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippothoos (Arcadian) 👤 Iasos (Arcadian) 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Iphitos (Oichalian) 👤 Ischys 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Oxylos (Elian) 👤 Pan (god) 👤 Parthenopaios 👤 Pelasgos (Arcadian) 👤 Penelope 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Leto 👤 Lycaon (Arcadian) 👤 Lycourgos (Arcadian) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut) 👤 Maia 👤 Merope (Messenian) 👤 Neaira (Arcadian) 👤 Nyctimos 👤 Oicles 👤 Oinomaos (Elian) 🌍 Marathon (Attica) 👤 Satyros 👤 Selene 👤 Stymphalos (s. of Elatos) 👤 Telephos 👤 Temenos (Heraclid) 👤 Thersandros (epigonos) 👤 Triptolemos 👥 the Arcadian Contingent at Troy (attackers) 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 🏺 the Skin of the Calydonian Boar 🏺 the Lyre of Apollo 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Mysia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Elis (region) 🌍 Cos (island) 🌍 the Echinades (islands) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 River Ladon (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 Stymphalos (Arcadia) 🌍 Opous (Locris) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Oichalia (unlocatable) 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) 🌍 Teuthrania (Mysia) 🌍 Calydon (Aitolia) 🌍 Messenia 👤 Argos (Panoptes) 👥 the Pelasgians 👤 the Arcadian Bull 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans 🌍 Hermion (Argolid) 🌍 Thessaly 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 👥 the Aiolians 👥 the Seven against Thebes 🌍 Mantineia (Arcadia) 🌍 the Argolid 👥 the Epigonoi 🌍 River Anauros (Thessaly) 🌍 Corcyra (island) 🌍 River Asopos (Boiotia) 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 Mount Cyllene (Arcadia) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 👥 the Defenders of Thebes against the Epigonoi 👤 Cleitor (eponym) 👥 the Sons of Lycaon 🌍 Trapezous (Arcadia) 👤 Epochos (Arcadian) 🌍 Paphos (Cyprus) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Glisas (Boiotia) ⭐ Ursa Major 🌍 Asine (Argolid) 🌍 Helice (Achaia) 🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia) 🌍 Orchomenos (Arcadia) 🌍 Rhipe (Arcadia) 🌍 Stratia (Arcadia) 🌍 Enispe (Arcadia) 🌍 Parrhasia (Arcadia) 🌍 Bouprasion (Elis) 🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) 👤 Ereuthalion 👤 Areithoos (Boiotian) 🏺 the Armour of Areithoos 🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) 👤 Alpheios (river god) 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) 🌍 Andania (Messenia) 🌍 Etruria (Italy) 👤 Anchirhoe 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian II) 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian I) 👤 Alcinoe 👤 Anthracia 👤 Anytos 👤 Arethousa (Sicilian) 👤 Aulon 👤 Azan (Arcadian) 👤 Boucolion (Arcadian) 👤 Glauce (Arcadian) 👤 Daphne (nymph) 👤 Despoina 👤 Adristas 👤 Dryops (eponym) 👤 Euandros (Arcadian) 👤 Echelas 👤 Eleios (Elian I) 👤 Hagno 🌍 Dyme (Achaia) 🌍 Boura (Achaia) 🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese) 👤 Cercyon (Arcadian) 👤 Cyllen 👤 Cypselos 👤 Leucippos (Elian) 👤 Myrtoessa 👤 Neda 👤 Nomia 👤 Oinoe (Arcadian) 👤 Oinotros 👤 Holaias 👤 Pompos 👤 Simos 👤 Sinoe 👤 Teuthis (eponym) 👤 Phialos 👤 Phrixa (Arcadian) 🌍 Pelasgia (alt. Arcadia) 🌍 Lycosoura (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) 👤 Theisoa (eponym) 👥 the Dryopes 🌍 Oinotria (Italy) 🌍 Azania (Arcadia) 🌍 Elateia (Phocis) ⏳ the Funeral Games of Azan (Arcadia) 🌍 Pergamon (Mysia) 👤 Aiginetes (Arcadian) 🌍 Mount Mainalion (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Penelope (Arcadia) 🌍 Larisa (Thessaly) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 🌍 River Gortys (Arcadia) 🌍 Lepreon (Elis) 🏛️ Spring Arethousa (Sicily) 🏺 the Tusks of the Calydonian Boar 🌍 Rome (Italy) 🌍 Tempe (Thessaly) 👤 Marathos (Arcadian) 👤 Iasios (Arcadian) 👤 Dryope 🌍 Caucon (Elis) 👤 Echo 🌍 Triphylia 🏛️ the Cave of Maia (Arcadia) 🏺 the Bow of Artemis 🌍 River Strophie 👥 the Apidanians 🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia) 👤 Opous (Locrian) 👤 Alcmaion (Arcadian) 🌍 Aiolia 🏛️ the Tomb of Ereuthalion (Arcadia) 🌍 Maciston (Elis) 👥 the Caucones ethnic collective 🌍 Cyparissia (Elis) 👤 Pamphagus (dog) 👤 Dorceus (dog) 👤 Oribasus (dog) 🌍 Dascylion (Mysia) 👤 Paros 👤 Parrhasios
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.8.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.8.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.9.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.11.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 479-493 📖 Pausanias 8.1.4 📖 Pausanias 8.1.6 📖 Pausanias 1.4.6 📖 Pausanias 3.12.9 📖 Pausanias 8.3.7 📖 Pausanias 8.4.1 📖 Pausanias 8.4.5 📖 Pausanias 1.41.2 📖 Pausanias 1.43.1 📖 Pausanias 8.4.6 📖 Pausanias 8.4.7 📖 Pausanias 8.4.8 📖 Pausanias 8.4.10 📖 Pausanias 8.5.1 📖 Pausanias 8.5.4 📖 Pausanias 8.5.6 📖 Pausanias 8.5.7 📖 Pausanias 8.5.8 📖 Pausanias 8.36.6 📖 Pausanias 8.45.1 📖 Pausanias 8.47.3 📖 Pausanias 2.18.5 📖 Pausanias 2.20.5 📖 Pausanias 5.4.1 📖 Pausanias 7.15.5 📖 Pausanias 10.9.5 📖 Pausanias 10.28.8 📖 Pausanias 10.31.10 📖 Pausanias 10.34.2 📖 Pausanias 8.26.2 📖 Pausanias 8.28.2 📖 Pausanias 8.31.4 📖 Pausanias 8.53.6 📖 Pausanias 8.53.7 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 11.1 📖 Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 1-16 📖 Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 17-61 📖 Homeric Hymn 18 to Hermes 1-12 📖 Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan 1-49 📖 Euripides, Suppliant Women 888-900 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Most 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.603-2.614 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.600-2.605 📖 Dionysios Periegetes 347-349 📖 Pausanias 8.1.4-8.1.5 📖 Pausanias 4.3.5-4.3.8 📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7 📖 Pausanias 8.3.1-8.3.5 📖 Pausanias 8.3.6-8.3.7 📖 Pausanias 8.4.2-8.4.4 📖 Pausanias 8.4.5-8.4.8 📖 Pausanias 9.9.1-9.9.5 📖 Pausanias 8.5.2-8.5.3 📖 Pausanias 8.12.5-8.12.7 📖 Pausanias 2.14.2-2.14.4 📖 Pausanias 8.20.1-8.20.4 📖 Pausanias 8.30.2-8.30.3 📖 Pausanias 8.37.5-8.37.6 📖 Pausanias 5.1.10-5.3.2 📖 Pausanias 5.8.3-5.8.4 📖 Pausanias 6.26.4-6.26.5 📖 Pausanias 8.4.4-8.4.5 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 32.3-32.4 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 110a, b, c Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 111 Most 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1141-1195 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 526-560 📖 Asios fr. 8 West 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 6 📖 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 1 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 2.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 3.1-3.2 MacLeod 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 10-41 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-205 📖 Lucian, The Dance 48 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 187 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 190a-c Harder 📖 Pindar, Olympian 3 1-45 📖 Pindar, Olympian 9 40-79 📖 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 19 📖 Pindar, Pythian 3 1-46 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 19 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.319 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 5.392 📖 Pindar fr. 95 Snell-Maehler 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 7.9 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.14 📖 Strabo 8.3.16-8.3.17 📖 Strabo 8.6.13 📖 Strabo 8.3.5-8.3.6 📖 Strabo 8.3.22 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.199-1.243 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.401-2.465 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.466-2.507 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 4 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 10 📖 Strabo 12.8.4 📖 Strabo 13.1.3 📖 Strabo 13.1.69-13.1.70 📖 Strabo 5.2.3-5.2.4 📖 Strabo 5.3.3 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.6 📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.384-3.393 📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.281-4.356 📖 Callimachus fr. 710 Pfeiffer
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Dionysios Periegetes Lycophron, Alexandra Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Pindar Asios Euripides, Suppliant Women Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes Homeric Hymn 18 to Hermes Homeric Hymn 19 to Pan Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Phoenician Women Strabo Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Callimachus, Hymn to Delos Lucian, The Dance Pindar, Olympian 3 Pindar, Olympian 9 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos Pindar, Pythian 3 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers D-Scholia, Iliad Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Eclogues Ovid, Amores Vergil, Georgics
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.591-2.602 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 111 Most 📖 Asios fr. 8 West 📖 Ariaithos of Tegea FGrHist 316 fr. 7 📖 Aristotle fr. 482 Rose 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 55 📖 Antimachos fr. 27 Mathews 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 158 Fowler 📖 Euripides fr. 696 Collard-Cropp 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 113 📖 Acilius BNJ 813 fr. 1
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Table with sculpted reliefs in the Temple of the Great Goddesses, Megalopolis, perhaps by Demophon (LIMC Apollon 803) 🎨 Reliefs on the Altar of Athena Alea in the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea (LIMC Neda 1)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from of
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Elis (region) 🌍 Tegea (Arcadia)
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Areion (horse) 👤 Cronos 👤 Demeter 👤 Iapetos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Rhea 👤 Zeus 👥 the Giants 👤 Hermes 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Lycaon (Arcadian) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Psophis (Arcadia) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 Parrhasia (Arcadia) 👥 the Olympian Gods 🌍 River Minyeios (Elis) 👤 Acacos 👤 Anytos 👤 Bouphagos (eponym) 👤 Daphne (nymph) 👤 Despoina 👤 Hagno 👤 Leucippos (Elian) 👤 Neda 👤 Nomia 👤 Tricolonos (Arcadian) 👤 Tricolonos (suitor) 👤 Psophis (s. of Arrhon) 👤 Psophis (d. of Xanthos) 🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) 🌍 Acacesion (Arcadia) 👤 Theisoa (eponym) 👤 Thornax (eponym) 👤 Thyraios (eponym) 🌍 Thyraion (Arcadia) 🌍 Thyrea (Argolid) 🌍 the Thyrean Gulf (Argolid) 🏛️ the Tomb of Callisto (Arcadia) 🏛️ Spring Arne (Arcadia) 🏛️ Spring Olympias (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (alt. Mt Lycaion) 🌍 Cretea (Arcadia) 🌍 the Nomian Mountains (Arcadia/Messenia) 🌍 River Anigros (Elis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Calliste (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Childbed of Rhea (Arcadia)
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Pausanias 8.3.7 📖 Pausanias 1.43.1 📖 Pausanias 8.27.17 📖 Pausanias 8.29.1 📖 Pausanias 8.36.10 📖 Pausanias 8.38.2 📖 Pausanias 8.38.11 📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7 📖 Pausanias 8.3.1-8.3.5 📖 Pausanias 8.8.2-8.8.4 📖 Pausanias 8.20.1-8.20.4 📖 Pausanias 8.24.1-8.24.2 📖 Pausanias 8.25.4-8.25.7 📖 Pausanias 8.25.4-8.25.10 📖 Pausanias 8.37.5-8.37.6 📖 Pausanias 8.38.2-8.38.3 📖 Pausanias 5.6.2-5.6.3 📖 Pausanias 6.21.9-6.21.11 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 10-41