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🌍 Arabia

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  • Information
    region in south-eastern Aegean
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29475
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia
    Place of death of
    👤 Emathion (s. of Tithonos) son of Tithonos
    Settled by
    👤 Aigyptos (eponym) eponym of Egypt, father of fifty sons
    Settled from
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
    Eponym
    👤 Arabos son of Hermes
    Ruled by
    👤 Lycourgos (Thracian I) Thracian, rejects Dionysos👤 Ariaios king of Arabia
    Conquered by
    👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy
    Related entities
    👤 Aigyptos (eponym) eponym of Egypt, father of fifty sons👤 Belos (Egyptian) son of Poseidon and Libya🌍 Egypt region in North Africa👤 Emathion (s. of Tithonos) son of Tithonos👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Illyria region north of the Greek mainland🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 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👥 the Stymphalian Birds Heracles' opponents🌍 the Stymphalian Marshes (Arcadia) lake near Stymphalos in Arcadia🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland🌍 the Hellespont strait connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece) region in Northern Greece👤 Osiris Egyptian god👤 Lycourgos (Thracian I) Thracian, rejects Dionysos🌍 Tauris (Pontos) peninsula in the north of the Black Sea, modern Crimean peninsula🌍 Lesbos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Assyria region👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) river in Lydia🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia🌍 Arabia Felix southern part of Arabian Peninsula👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia🌍 Cyprus (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant🌍 Menelaon (Egypt) city and harbour👤 Arabos son of Hermes👤 Smyrna (m. of Adonis) daughter of Cinyras or Theias🌍 Panchaia (island) unlocatable island in the Arabian Ocean or fantastic land near Arabia🌍 the Land of the Sabaians (S. Arabia) in southern Arabia👤 Ariaios king of Arabia👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) Maionia, region in Asia Minor🌍 Media region, homeland of the Medes🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) river at Thebes🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) river at Thebes🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) mountain in Asia Minor🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes) royal palace on the citadel of Thebes🌍 Ionia region in western Asia Minor🌍 Persia region in Asia🌍 Bactria region in central Asia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11📖 Pausanias 8.22.4-8.22.6📖 Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.20.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.65.1-3.65.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Strabo 7.3.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.42📖 Strabo 1.1.3📖 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📖 Strabo 16.4.27📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.446-10.518📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasDiodoros, LibraryStraboD-Scholia, IliadOvid, MetamorphosesEuripides, Bacchae
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    AntimachosDionysios ScytobrachionZeno of CitiumHomer, OdysseyApollodoros, LibraryPoseidoniosHesiod, EhoiaiStesichorosCtesias of Cnidos, Persica
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Antimachos fr. 162 Matthews📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Zeno of Citium fr. 275 von Arnim📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Poseidonios fr. 280 Edelstein & Kidd📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 88 Most📖 Stesichoros fr. 237 Campbell📖 Poseidonios fr. 281a Edelstein & Kidd📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
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