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🌍 Seriphos (island)

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  • Information
    island in the Cyclades
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590044
    Cult site of
    👤 Perseus (Argive) Greek hero, slayer of Medousa
    Place of death of
    👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) son of Magnes, king of Seriphos
    Settled by
    👤 Dictys (Seriphean) foster-father of Perseus👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) son of Magnes, king of Seriphos
    Ruled by
    👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) son of Magnes, king of Seriphos👤 Dictys (Seriphean) foster-father of Perseus
    Related entities
    👤 Dictys (Seriphean) foster-father of Perseus👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) son of Magnes, king of Seriphos👤 Acrisios son of Abas, father of Danae👤 Danae mother of Perseus👤 Perseus (Argive) Greek hero, slayer of Medousa🏺 the Chest of Danae in which Danae survives🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese👤 Medousa (Gorgon) gorgon🏺 the Bag of Perseus the kibisis, in which Perseus keeps the head of Medousa🏺 the Head of Medousa cut off by Perseus🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) river encircling the world🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional👤 Thetis Nereid, mother of Achilles👤 Doris (Nereid) Nereid👥 the Gorgons👤 Athena Olympian goddess🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) mountain in Boiotia🌍 Cythnos (island)🌍 Gyaros (island)👤 Aiacos son of Zeus and Aigina🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean👤 Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 Myconos (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 Delos (island) sanctuary of Apollo on island in the Aegean🌍 Andros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades🌍 Anaphe (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Aigina (island) island off Attica🌍 Tenos (island) island in the Cyclades🌍 Mount Cynthos (Delos) mountain on Delos🌍 Peparethos (island) island off the coast of Thessaly🌍 Siphnos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Astypalaia (Aegean) island in Aegean🌍 Cimolos (Aegean) island in the Aegean🌍 Oliaros (Aegean) island in the Aegean🌍 Didyme (Aegean) island in the Aegean
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3📖 Pausanias 1.22.7📖 Pausanias 2.18.1📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 31📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 12.1-12.2 MacLeod📖 Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32📖 Pindar, Pythian 10 27-50📖 Strabo 10.5.10📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 14.319📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.236-5.249📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.250-5.331📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453-7.500📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.139
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsPindar, Pythian 12Pindar, Pythian 10StraboD-Scholia, IliadOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-o)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (MANN 9278, 9357; PALP r7-i4-p31-space-24)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Wall Painting of Perseus in the Propylaia, Athens (Not Extant; LIMC Perseus 28)🎨 Painting of Danae by Artemon (LIMC Danae 68)
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