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🌍 Cephallenia (island)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11322827" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11322827">📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40</span>
  • Information
    island in the Ionian Sea
    Identified with
    🌍 Doulichion (island) 🌍 Taphos (island) 🌍 Same (island)
    Cult site of
    👤 Britomartis
    Settled by
    👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris)
    Settled from
    🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
    Eponym
    👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Cephallen
    Ruled by
    👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Laertes 👤 Odysseus
    Conquered by
    👤 Amphitryon 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris)
    Encompases
    🌍 Cranioi (Cephallenia) 🌍 Paleis (Cephallenia) 🌍 Same (Cephallenia) 🌍 Pronnoi (Cephallenia)
    Related Entities
    👤 Amphitryon 👤 Calais 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Laertes 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Crete (island) 👥 the Harpies👤 Philoitios 👤 Phineus (Thracian) 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Odysseus 👤 Thoas (Aitolian) 👤 Zetes 👥 the Cephallenian Contingent at Troy (attackers) 🌍 Aitolia 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Doulichion (island) 🌍 Cephallenia (island) 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 Taphos (island) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Atlas (unlocatable) 🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Samos (island) 🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians 🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🌍 Same (island) 🌍 Aigina (island) 👤 Britomartis 👥 the Cattle of Odysseus🌍 Ortygia (island) 👤 Cephallen 👤 Pronos 👤 Samos (s. of Cephalos) 👤 Peleas 👤 Cranios 🌍 Same (Cephallenia)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.40📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.7📖 Pausanias 1.37.6📖 Pausanias 8.14.6📖 Homer, Odyssey 20.185-20.225📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.356-24.390📖 Pausanias 1.37.6-1.37.7📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most📖 Pindar fr. 52u Snell-Maehler📖 Strabo 10.2.8📖 Strabo 10.2.10📖 Strabo 10.2.14📖 Strabo 10.2.13📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, OdysseyPausaniasPindarHesiod, EhoiaiStraboAntoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.243-1.251📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.667-4.714📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.112-16.134📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.123-19.161📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.356-24.390📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.10-15.42📖 Hellanicos fr. 144 Fowler📖 Andron fr. 15 Fowler
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Britomartis 👤 Laphria (alt. Britomartis)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40
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