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🌍 Illyria

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  • Information
    region north of the Greek mainland
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32047
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481866
    Ruled by
    👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt
    Conquered by
    👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt👤 Harmonia (Theban) daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, wife of Cadmos
    Related entities
    👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Io transformed into a cow🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 the Ionian Sea sea between Greece and southern Italy🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace🌍 the Bosporos strait connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara🌍 Scythia region north of the Black Sea🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Arabia region in south-eastern Aegean🌍 River Echedoros (Thrace) river in Thrace🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) mythical river of the Celts or Ligurians, sometimes identified with the River Po in north-east Italy🌍 Thermydrai (Rhodes) harbor on Rhodes, near Lindos🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) mountain range east of the Black Sea🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans unlocatable region in the far north👤 Cadmos (Theban) king of Thebes, originally from Phoinicia or Egypt👤 Harmonia (Theban) daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, wife of Cadmos🌍 Enchele (Illyria) homeland of Encheleans in Illyria🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Laodamas (Theban) son of Eteocles👥 the Defenders of Thebes against the Epigonoi defeated by the Epigonoi👥 the Euboian Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Euboia (island) island near the Greek mainland🌍 Iapygia (Italy) in southeast Italy👤 Messapos eponym in Boiotia and S. Italy🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable) unlocatable place visited by Odysseus🌍 the Land of the Hylloi (Illyria)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.4📖 Pausanias 9.5.3📖 Pausanias 9.5.13📖 Pausanias 9.8.5-9.8.7📖 Strabo 10.1.15📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.543-4.603📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 31📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 22.2
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasStraboOvid, MetamorphosesAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesPs-Scylax, Periplous
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Nicander
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Nicander fr. 47 Gow-Scholfield
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