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🌍 Phoinicia

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291221" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291221">📖 Pausanias 9.12.1-9.12.2</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291504" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291504">📖 Pausanias 7.23.7-7.23.8</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11330021" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11330021">📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.120</span>
  • Information
    region in the Levant
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678334
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional
    Place of conception of
    👤 Britomartis
    Place of death of
    👤 Adonis
    Settled by
    👤 Phoinix (Phoinician)👤 Mopsos (Ionian)
    Settled from
    🌍 Claros (Ionia)
    Eponym
    👤 Phoinix (Phoinician) son of Agenor, eponym of Phoenicia👤 Phoinix (Ethiopian) son of Belos
    Ruled by
    👤 Agenor (f. of Europe)👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda)
    Conquered by
    👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon👤 Ariaios king of Arabia
    Related entities
    🌍 Crete (island)👤 Helen👤 Menelaos🌍 Sparta (Laconia)🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Cyprus (island)🌍 Egypt🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)👤 Agenor (f. of Europe)👤 Telephassa👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Phoinix (Phoinician)👤 Nebrophonos🏺 the Silver Mixing Bowl from Sidon👤 Cadmos (Theban)🌍 the Citadel of Thebes (Boiotia)👥 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 Statue of Athena Onca🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)👤 Aphrodite🌍 Cythera (island)🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable)👤 Adonis🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia)👤 the Boar of Adonis👤 Smyrna (m. of Adonis)👤 Corsica👤 Io🌍 Boiotia👤 Aigeus (Athenian)🌍 Athens (Attica)👤 Theseus👤 Medeia👤 Medos (s. of Medeia)👤 Athena🏺 the Urn of Cadmos🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia at Lindos🌍 Tauris (Pontos)🌍 Phrygia🌍 India🌍 Mount Libanos (Syria)👤 the Aegis🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (Libya)👤 Minos (Cretan I)🌍 Arabia🌍 Menelaon (Egypt)👤 Mopsos (Ionian)🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)🌍 Assyria🌍 Claros (Ionia)🌍 Pamphylia🌍 the Tauros Mountains (Lycia)🌍 Memphis (Egypt)🌍 Lerna (Argolid)🌍 Carne (Phoinicia)🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete)🌍 Sarepta (Phoinicia)👤 Britomartis👤 Carme🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Cephallenia (island)🌍 Aigina (island)👤 Dido🌍 Carthage (N. Africa)🌍 Caria (Asia Minor)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)🌍 Media🌍 the Black Sea🌍 the Troad🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos)🌍 Susa (Persia)🌍 Bithynia (Pontos)🌍 Armenia🌍 Persia🌍 the Propontis👤 Ninos (Babylonian)👤 Ariaios🌍 Babylonia🌍 Coile Syria (Assyria)🌍 the Caspian Gates🌍 River Indos (India)🌍 Bactria👤 Semiramis👤 Stabrobates🌍 Thebes (Egypt)👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda)🌍 Ioppe (the Levant)👤 Phoinix (Ethiopian)🌍 Rhodes (island)👤 the Eidolon of Helen
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.1-6.30📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.1📖 Homer, Iliad 23.739-23.753📖 Pausanias 9.5.1-9.5.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359📖 Pausanias 9.12.2-9.12.3📖 Pausanias 1.14.7📖 Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31📖 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 3📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 17📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 4📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 6📖 Lucian, The Dance 58📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 11-27📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.67.1-3.67.5📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 784-830📖 Diodoros, Library 4.2.1-4.2.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.55.4-4.56.1📖 Diodoros, Library 4.60.1-4.60.5📖 Diodoros, Library 5.58.1-5.58.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Strabo 10.4.9📖 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📖 Strabo 14.4.3📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-661📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1283-1308📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.75-14.106📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4📖 Diodoros, Library 2.16.1-2.19.10📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.192📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.195📖 Conon, Narrations 37📖 Conon, Narrations 40📖 Conon, Narrations 47
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 1 to DionysosEuripides, Phoenician WomenStraboPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesBacchylides, DithyrambsLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, On the Syrian GoddessLucian, The DanceCallimachus, Hymn to DelosDiodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryConon, Narrations
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 1-9📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 38 Rusten📖 Zeno of Rhodes BNJ 523 fr. 1📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1📖 Theophrastos unnumbered fragment
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia)🌍 Libya (North Africa)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Apollo👤 Asclepios👤 Athena👤 Onca (alt. Athena)🌍 Erytheia (Iberia)🌍 the Erythraian Sea
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 9.12.1-9.12.2 📖 Pausanias 7.23.7-7.23.8 📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.120
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