- Information
- region north of the Black Sea
- Identified with
- 🌍 the Land of the Milk-Eaters
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Mother of Scythes (name unknown) 👤 Palos (Scythian) 👤 Napes (Scythian)
- Place of death of
- 👤 Thoas (Taurian) 👤 Ocyrhoe (Oceanid)
- Eponym
- 👤 Scythes (Scythian)
- Ruled by
- 👤 Thamyris 👤 Hyrpax 👤 Heriochos 👤 First Queen of the Amazons 👤 Second Queen of the Amazons
- Conquered by
- 👤 First Queen of the Amazons
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Bia 👤 Calais 👤 Cratos 👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean) 👤 Demeter 👤 Deucalion (Thessalian) 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Echidna 👤 Ge 👤 Hera 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iphigeneia 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Theseus 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👥 the Harpies 👤 Io 👤 Phineus (Thracian) 👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) 👥 the Oceanids 👤 Pylades 👤 Thamyris 👤 Thetis 👤 Thoas (Taurian) 👤 Triptolemos 👤 Zetes 👥 the Amazons 👤 Antiope (Amazon) 👥 the Halizones Contingent at Troy (defenders) 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Tauris (Pontos) 🌍 Doulichion (island) 🌍 Cephallenia (island) 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 the Ionian Sea 🌍 Illyria 🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) 🌍 the Bosporos 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Attica 🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) 🌍 Mount Atlas (unlocatable) 🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 👤 Argos (Panoptes) 🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos 🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians 🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian) 👤 the Caucasian Eagle 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 👤 Ocyrhoe (Oceanid) 🌍 the Sea of Salmydessos (Pontos) 👥 the Hyperboreans 👤 Hippolyte (Amazon II) 🌍 Ortygia (island) 🌍 Asia Minor 🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos 🌍 the Land of the Milk-Eaters 👥 the Arimaspians 🌍 River Hybristes (unlocatable) 🌍 Halai Araphenides (Attica) 🌍 the Rhipean Mountains (unlocatable) 👤 Phasis (eponym) 👤 Hyrpax 👤 Heriochos 🌍 River Tanais (Scythia) 👤 Tanais 👤 Lysippe (Scythian) 🌍 Armenia 👤 Araxes (Armenian II) 👤 Mnesalces (Armenian) 👤 Sipylos (Scythian) 🌍 the Caspian Sea 🌍 the Land of the Alazones 🏺 the Weaponry of Heracles 🌍 Acte (Chalcidice) 👤 Lyncus 👤 Mother of Scythes (name unknown) 👤 Scythes (Scythian) 👤 Palos (Scythian) 👤 Napes (Scythian) 👤 First Queen of the Amazons 👤 Second Queen of the Amazons 🏺 the Shackles of Prometheus 🌍 the Land of the Arimphaei (Scythia) 🌍 Scythopolis (Egypt) 👥 the Pygmies
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 168-201 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 439-478 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1322-1340 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1-87 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 114-150 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 286-305 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 561-590 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 700-740 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 752-778 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 937-970 📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 999-1035 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 3.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Prometheus 1-4 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 6 📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 13 📖 Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship 1-7 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 170-182 📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 12-13 📖 Lucian, Anacharsis 34 📖 Lucian, The Dance 46 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 5 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 14 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 23 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.45.1-2.46.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11 📖 Pomponius Mela 1.12-1.13 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.11 📖 Pomponius Mela 3.37 📖 Strabo 7.3.7 📖 Strabo 7.3.9 📖 Strabo 1.2.10 📖 Strabo 12.3.20-12.3.25 📖 Strabo 12.3.26-12.3.27 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.642-5.678 📖 Callimachus fr. 692 Pfeiffer 📖 Conon, Narrations 7 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.43.1-2.43.7 📖 Pliny, Natural History 6.34-6.35 📖 Pliny, Natural History 5.74
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Lycophron, Alexandra Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Prometheus Lucian, On Sacrifices Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess Lucian, Anacharsis Lucian, The Dance Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Diodoros, Library Pomponius Mela Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Conon, Narrations Pliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 9.106-9.115 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.856-2.857 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.1-13.10 📖 Aeschylus fr. 198 📖 Aristeas of Proconnesos fr. 7 Bolton 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 45 📖 Hellanicos FGrHist 4 fr. 186 📖 Herodotos, Histories 4.17 📖 Eudoxos of Cnidos fr. 345 Lasserre 📖 Apollodoros of Athens FGrHist 244 fr. 157b 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten
- Reported depictions
- 🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Scythia
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 🌍 Scythia 👤 Mother of Scythes (name unknown) 👤 Scythes (Scythian) 👤 Palos (Scythian) 👤 Napes (Scythian)
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.43.1-2.43.7