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🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11297464" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11297464">📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 6</span>
  • Information
    city in Phoinicia
    Cult site of
    👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Adonis son of Smyrna
    Place of burial of
    👤 Adonis son of Smyrna
    Eponym
    👤 Byblis daughter of Miletos, sister of Caunos
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Temple of Byblian Aphrodite at Byblos (Phoinicia)🏛️ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)
    Related entities
    👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) son of Zeus and Io👤 Io transformed into a cow🌍 Assyria region👤 Adonis son of Smyrna🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant👤 the Boar of Adonis kills Adonis while hunting👤 Helen Helen of Troy👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt🌍 Croton (Italy) city in southern Italy🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Iapygia (Italy) in southeast Italy🌍 Siris (S. Italy) city in south-east Italy🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia🏛️ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios) landmark on Mt Casios, said to be a woman petrified by Aphrodite🏛️ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia) unlocated sanctuary, perhaps located at Castrum Minervae near Hydruntum🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily) city in western Sicily, modern Trapani🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia established by the Argonauts🌍 Concheia (Sicily) unlocatable place in Sicily🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily) unlocatable lake in Sicily👤 Smyrna (m. of Adonis) daughter of Cinyras or Theias👤 Byblis daughter of Miletos, sister of Caunos👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Hermes Olympian god🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia🌍 Pompeii (Campania) city destroyed by Vesuvius
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 820-876📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 820-833📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 30
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryLucian, On the Syrian GoddessLycophron, AlexandraAntoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Nicander fr. 46 Gow-Scholfield
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Adonis son of Smyrna🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant👤 the Boar of Adonis kills Adonis while hunting
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 6
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