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🌍 Libya (North Africa)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10149230" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10149230">📖 Pausanias 1.14.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291441" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291441">📖 Pausanias 10.17.1-10.17.2</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301102" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301102">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301130" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301130">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.67.1-3.67.5</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301334" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301334">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.68.1-3.68.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301343" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301343">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301362" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301362">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.71.1-3.71.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301373" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301373">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301381" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301381">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.73.1-3.73.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11304792" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11304792">📖 Pomponius Mela 1.36</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11310264" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11310264">📖 Strabo 3.5.5-3.5.6</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11331131" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11331131">📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1385.59-1386.39</span>
  • Information
    region in North Africa
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/716588
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable)
    Cult site of
    👤 Ammon (god)👤 Zeus (Olympian)
    Place of birth of
    👤 Campe
    Place of death of
    👤 Mopsos (Argonaut)👤 Gouneus (Thessalian)👤 Eurypylos (Thessalian)👤 Prothoos (Thessalian II)👤 Hyas (s. of Atlas)👤 Antaios👤 Medousa (Gorgon)👥 the Amazons👥 the Gorgons👤 the Aegis
    Settled by
    👤 Danaos
    Settled from
    🌍 Egypt
    Eponym
    👤 Libya
    Ruled by
    👤 Antaios👤 Medousa (Gorgon)👤 Ammon (god)👤 Triton (sea god)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Cronos
    Conquered by
    👥 the Amazons👤 Semiramis
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Antaios (Libya)🏛️ the Tomb of Campe (Libya)🏺 the Golden Mixing Bowl of Medeia🏛️ the Tombs of the Amazons (Libya)
    Related entities
    👤 Odysseus🌍 Crete (island)👤 Helen👤 Menelaos🌍 Sparta (Laconia)🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Cyprus (island)🌍 Egypt🌍 Phoinicia🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)👤 Libya👤 Belos (Egyptian)👤 Danaos👤 Antaios👤 Heracles🏺 the Golden Cup of Helios👤 Helios🌍 Illyria🌍 Arabia🌍 River Echedoros (Thrace)🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable)🌍 Thermydrai (Rhodes)🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable)🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable)🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa)🌍 the Underworld🌍 Ithaca (island)🌍 River Styx (Underworld)🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes🌍 the Islands of Aiolos (unlocatable)🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable)🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable)🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable)🌍 the Promontory of Charybdis (unlocatable)🌍 Ogygia (island)🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island)🌍 Corcyra (island)🌍 Mount Neriton (Ithaca)🌍 the Seirenoussai (islands)🌍 the Strait of Messina🌍 Pithecoussai (island)🌍 the Land of the Cimmerians🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld)🌍 the Grove of Persephone🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld)🌍 River Lethe (Underworld)🌍 Rheithron (Ithaca)🌍 Lake Avernus (Campania)🏛️ the Road of Heracles (Campania)🌍 the Apennine Mountains🏛️ the Tomb of Baios (Italy)🌍 Lake Acherousia (Italy)🌍 Mount Ossa (Italy)👤 Ammon (god)🌍 Aphytis (Chalcidice)👤 Perseus (Argive)👤 Medousa (Gorgon)🌍 Phlious (Argolid)🌍 Lake Triton👤 Apollo👤 Libyan Sibyl🌍 Sardinia (island)👤 Sardos🌍 Delphi (Phocis)👤 Maceris👥 the Lacedaimon Contingent at Troy (attackers)🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 the Land of the Eremboi🌍 River Nile (Egypt)🌍 Thesprotia👤 Son of Castor (Odyssean persona)🏺 the Head of Medousa🌍 Argos (city)👤 Ge👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Hephaistos🌍 Scythia👥 the Pygmies👤 Calais👥 the Harpies👤 Phineus (Thracian)👤 Zetes🌍 Doulichion (island)🌍 Cephallenia (island)🌍 Mount Atlas (unlocatable)🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)🌍 Ortygia (island)🏺 the Argo👥 the Argonauts🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)🌍 River Phasis (Colchis)👤 Athena👤 Polydectes (Seriphian)🏺 the Winged Sandals🏺 the Sickle of Perseus🏺 the Shield of Athena🌍 Thessaly👤 Cyrene (eponym)🌍 Myrtoussa👤 Cheiron (centaur)🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)👤 Aphrodite🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🏛️ the Pillars of Heracles👤 Heracles (Egyptian)👥 the Amazons👥 the Gorgons🌍 Hespera (Libya)🌍 Mene (Libya)🌍 the Atlas Mountains (N. Africa)🌍 the Atlantic Ocean👤 Cronos🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Italy👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Thymoites (Trojan II)🌍 Nysa (Libya)👤 the Aegis🏺 the Aegis👤 Rhea👥 the Titans👤 Campe👤 Eurystheus👤 Iolaos👥 the Cattle of Geryon🌍 Tiryns (Argolid)🌍 Gadeira (Iberia)🌍 Rhegion (Italy)🌍 Croton (Italy)🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece)🌍 Eryx (Sicily)🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy)🌍 Etruria (Italy)🌍 Liguria (Italy)🌍 Himera (Sicily)🌍 the Palatine Hill (Rome)🌍 Syracuse (Sicily)🌍 Iberia (W. Europe)🌍 Aigesta (Sicily)🌍 Hecatompylos (N. Africa)🌍 Alesia (Gaul)🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania)🌍 Agyrion (Sicily)🌍 Poseidonia (Italy)🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)🌍 Leontini (Sicily)🏛️ the Route through the Graian Alps👤 Aietes🌍 Colchis (Pontos)🌍 River Tanais (Scythia)🌍 Aithalia (Italy)🌍 Telamon (Etruria)🌍 Caieta (Italy)👤 Triton (sea god)👤 Aristaios🌍 Boiotia🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace)🌍 Ceos (island)🏛️ the Tomb of Antaios (Libya)🌍 Tauris (Pontos)🌍 Phrygia🌍 India🌍 Mount Libanos (Syria)🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (Libya)🌍 Zabirna (Libya)🏛️ the Tomb of Campe (Libya)🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides👤 Atlas🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia)🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos)🌍 River Strymon (Thrace)🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece)🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes)🌍 River Maiandros (Caria)🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia)🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly)👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios)🌍 River Ganges (India)🌍 River Istros (Europe)🌍 River Caicos (Lydia)🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia)🏛️ Spring Peirene (Corinth)🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia)🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid)🌍 River Orontes (Syria)🌍 River Erymanthos (Arcadia)🌍 River Caystros (Asia Minor)🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece)🌍 River Melas (Arcadia)🌍 River Tiber (Italy)🌍 River Po (Italy)👥 the Horses of Helios🌍 River Tagus (Iberia)🌍 River Rhine🌍 River Rhone🌍 Menelaon (Egypt)👤 Mopsos (Argonaut)🏺 the Golden Mixing Bowl of Medeia👤 Eurypylos (Thessalian)👤 Gouneus (Thessalian)👤 Prothoos (Thessalian II)👤 Nireus (Symian)👤 Thoas (Aitolian)🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (N. Greece)🌍 Pola (Illyria)🌍 Mount Lacmon (Epeiros)🌍 River Aias (Epeiros)🌍 River Crathis (Epeiros)👤 Hyas (s. of Atlas)🏺 the Blood of Medousa👤 Amphimedon (Libyan)🏛️ the Tombs of the Amazons (Libya)🌍 River Indos (India)🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia)🌍 Mount Bagistanos (Persia)🌍 Persia🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)👤 Semiramis🌍 Bactra (Bactria)🌍 Chauon (Media)🌍 the Zagros Mountains (Media)🌍 Ecbatana (Media)🌍 Media👤 the Eidolon of Helen🌍 Troy (Egypt)🌍 the Lookout of Perseus (Egypt)🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 Aitolia🌍 Magnesia (Thessaly)🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)🌍 Ainia (Thessaly)🌍 Barce (N. Africa)🌍 Cherronesos (Libya)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.1📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.1-6.30📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-661📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-767📖 Pausanias 3.18.2-3.18.3📖 Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3📖 Pausanias 2.13.8📖 Pausanias 2.21.5-2.21.6📖 Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8📖 Pausanias 10.17.1-10.17.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most📖 Hesiod fr. 252a, b Most📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 14.1-14.4 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Astrology 8📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 85-96📖 Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70📖 Pindar, Isthmian 4 43-72📖 Pindar fr. 36 Snell-Maehler📖 Diodoros, Library 1.24.1-1.24.8📖 Diodoros, Library 1.97.1-1.97.9📖 Diodoros, Library 3.52.1-3.52.4📖 Diodoros, Library 3.53.4-3.53.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.1-3.55.3📖 Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.67.1-3.67.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.68.1-3.68.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.71.1-3.71.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.17.3-4.17.4📖 Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1📖 Diodoros, Library 4.26.2-4.26.4📖 Diodoros, Library 4.27.1-4.27.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.56.2-4.56.7📖 Diodoros, Library 4.81.1-4.81.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.82.1-4.82.6📖 Pomponius Mela 3.106📖 Diodoros, Library 3.73.1-3.73.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.74.1-3.74.6📖 Strabo 7.3.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.42📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📖 Strabo 1.2.24-1.2.29📖 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 877-908📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.604-4.662📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1011-1026📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1309-1321📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486c📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 1📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 110.8📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89📖 Diodoros, Library 2.13.1-2.19.10📖 Diodoros, Library 2.13.1-2.14.4📖 Euripides, Helen 765-841📖 Sophocles, Electra 698-761📖 Euripides, Bacchae 971-1023📖 Phrynichos I FragTrag rep. 3 = fr. 3a Snell-Kannicht📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1385.59-1386.39📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, OdysseyHesiod, EhoiaiHesiodLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, AstrologyCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloPindar, Pythian 9Pindar, Isthmian 4PindarDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboD-Scholia, IliadOvid, MetamorphosesPs-Scylax, PeriplousEuripides, HelenSophocles, ElectraEuripides, BacchaePhrynichos IEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyPindar, Pythian 4
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadDionysios ScytobrachionTimaiosApollodoros of AthensApollodoros, LibraryEphorosHomer, OdysseyCtesias of Cnidos, PersicaHerodotos, HistoriesAristarchos of Samothrace
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 1.423-1.427📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 2 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 5 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten📖 Timaios BNJ 566 fr. 85📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 3 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 12 Rusten📖 Apollodoros of Athens FGrHist 244 fr. 157a📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 128📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.19-1.25📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📖 Timaios BNJ 566 fr. 91📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1📖 Herodotos, Histories 3.97.2📖 Aristarchos of Samothrace unnumbered fragment
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Tartessos (Spain)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Athena👤 Poseidon👤 Tritonis👤 Heracles👤 Maceris👤 Ammon (god)🌍 Libya (North Africa)👤 Rhea👤 Cronos👤 Ouranos👥 the Titans👤 Amaltheia👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (Libya)🌍 the Horn of Amaltheia (Libya)🌍 Lake Triton🌍 Nysa (Libya)👤 Aristaios👤 Nysa (d. of Aristaios)🏛️ the Cave of Dionysos (Libya)👤 Tritogeneia (alt. Athena)👤 the Aegis🏺 the Aegis👤 Ge👥 the Giants👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Zeus (Olympian)🌍 Crete (island)👤 Crete (w. of Zeus)👤 Father of Crete (name unknown)👥 the Couretes (guardians)👥 the Amazons👤 Seilenos👤 Campe🌍 Zabirna (Libya)🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)🌍 Egypt👤 Olympos (Egyptian)🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa)🏺 the Horn of Amaltheia🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable)🌍 Tauris (Pontos)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Phoinicia🌍 India🌍 Mount Libanos (Syria)🏛️ the Tomb of Campe (Libya)🌍 Gadeira (Iberia)🏛️ the Pillars of Heracles
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 1.14.6 📖 Pausanias 10.17.1-10.17.2 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.67.1-3.67.5 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.68.1-3.68.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.71.1-3.71.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.73.1-3.73.8 📖 Pomponius Mela 1.36 📖 Strabo 3.5.5-3.5.6 📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1385.59-1386.39
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