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🌍 Attica

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Cecropia (alt. Attica)β€‚πŸŒ Actaia (alt. Attica)β€‚πŸŒ Mopsopia (alt. Attica)
    Information
    region of the Greek mainland
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579888
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan)πŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan)πŸ‘€ ConisalosπŸ‘€ TychonπŸ‘€ OrthanesπŸ‘€ AthenaπŸ‘€ Apollo
    Place of birth of
    πŸ‘€ PhlyosπŸ‘€ Erichthonios (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Cecrops (Athenian I)πŸ‘€ Actaios (Attic)πŸ‘€ Periphas (Athenian)
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ Erigone (Attic)πŸ‘€ Ion (Achaian)πŸ‘€ EurystheusπŸ‘€ CodrosπŸ‘€ Icarios (Attic I)πŸ‘€ AndrogeosπŸ‘€ Eleusis
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Icarios (Attic I)
    Settled by
    πŸ‘₯ the Ionians
    Settled from
    🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)🌍 the Peloponnese
    Named by
    πŸ‘€ Cranaos
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ Atthis
    Ruled by
    πŸ‘€ Cecrops (Athenian I)πŸ‘€ TheseusπŸ‘€ Amphictyon (s. of Deucalion)πŸ‘€ Actaios (Attic)πŸ‘€ Menestheus (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Porphyrion (Athenian)πŸ‘€ ColainosπŸ‘€ Melanthos (Athenian)πŸ‘€ CodrosπŸ‘€ ErechtheusπŸ‘€ Eumolpos (Thracian)πŸ‘€ Ion (Achaian)πŸ‘€ EleusisπŸ‘€ Periphas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Demophon (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Aigeus (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Pandion (Athenian II)πŸ‘€ CranaosπŸ‘€ Medon (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Cecrops (Athenian II)πŸ‘€ Acamas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Pallas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ TriptolemosπŸ‘€ Cephalos (Eleusinian)πŸ‘€ Thymoites (Athenian)
    Conquered by
    πŸ‘€ Aigeus (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I)πŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan)πŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan)
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Eumolpos (Eleusis)🏺 the Ship of Theseus
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Cecrops (Athenian I)🌍 Athens (Attica)πŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian)πŸ‘€ Icarios (Attic I)πŸ‘€ Poseidon🌍 the Thriasian Plain (Attica)πŸ‘€ Erigone (Attic)πŸ‘€ Maira (dog)πŸ‘€ LabdacosπŸ‘€ Pandion (Athenian I)πŸ‘€ Tereus🌍 BoiotiaπŸ‘€ AtthisπŸ‘€ Cecrops (Athenian II)πŸ‘€ Pandion (Athenian II)πŸ‘€ Aigeus (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Pallas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Lycos (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Nisos (Megarian)πŸ‘€ Phlyos🌍 Andania (Messenia)πŸ‘₯ the Great Goddesses🌍 the Grove of Lycos (Messenia)πŸ‘€ TheseusπŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan)πŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan)πŸ‘€ Amphictyon (s. of Deucalion)πŸ‘€ Actaios (Attic)πŸ‘€ CranaosπŸ‘€ Menestheus (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Colainos🌍 Colonides (Messenia)πŸ‘€ Porphyrion (Athenian)πŸ‘€ SeilenosπŸ‘€ Epopeus (Sicyonian)🌍 Corinth (Argolid)🌍 Marathon (Attica)πŸ‘€ Marathon🌍 Sicyon (Argolid)πŸ‘€ LamedonπŸ‘€ SicyonπŸ‘€ Ianiscos🌍 Myrrhinous (Attica)🌍 Rheitoi (Attica)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Eumolpos (Eleusis)🌍 Troizen (Argolid)πŸ‘€ Anaphlystos (eponym)πŸ‘€ Sphettos (eponym)🌍 Caphyai (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ Eurystheus🌍 the MegaridπŸ‘₯ the Children of HeraclesπŸ‘€ Hyllos (s. of Deianeira)πŸ‘€ Ion (Achaian)πŸ‘€ Tisamenos (Spartan)πŸ‘₯ the IoniansπŸ‘₯ the Achaians🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)πŸ‘€ Melanthos (Athenian)πŸ‘€ CodrosπŸ‘€ Medon (Athenian)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at DelphiπŸ‘€ Iolaos🌍 Thespiai (Boiotia)🌍 Olbia (Sardinia)πŸ‘₯ the Dorians of the PeloponneseπŸ‘€ ErechtheusπŸ‘€ Xouthos (s. of Hellen)πŸ‘€ AndrogeosπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I)🏺 the Ship of Theseus🌍 Megara (Argolid)πŸ‘€ Acamas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Demophon (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Peteos🌍 Steiris (Phocis)🌍 Actaia (alt. Attica)πŸ‘€ Eumolpos (Thracian)πŸ‘€ TeiresiasπŸ‘€ Erichthonios (Athenian)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)πŸ‘€ DemeterπŸ‘€ AthenaπŸ‘€ HephaistosπŸ‘€ Persephone⏳ the Search of Demeter for PersephoneπŸ‘€ Celeos (Eleusinian)πŸ‘€ TriptolemosπŸ‘€ BoreasπŸ‘€ Oreithyia (Athenian)πŸ‘€ Osiris🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Arabia🌍 the Hellespont🌍 India🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece)πŸ‘€ Helen🌍 Crete (island)🌍 Sicily (island)πŸ‘€ HeliosπŸ‘€ Eumolpos (Eleusinian)πŸ‘€ Xanthos (Theban)πŸ‘₯ the Pelasgians🌍 Caria (Asia Minor)πŸ‘₯ the Aonians🌍 the PeloponneseπŸ‘€ Icarios (Attic II)πŸ‘€ Eleusis🏺 the Chariot of TriptolemosπŸ‘€ Cephalos (Eleusinian)πŸ‘€ TychonπŸ‘€ OrthanesπŸ‘€ ConisalosπŸ‘€ Medeia🌍 Ephyra (Elis)πŸ‘€ Mopsos (Attic)πŸ‘₯ the AmazonsπŸ‘€ Antiope (Amazon)🌍 Scythia🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos)🌍 River Istros (Europe)🌍 Acte (Chalcidice)πŸ›οΈ the Olive Tree (Athens)πŸ›οΈ the Spring of Poseidon (Athens)🌍 Phocaia (Ionia)🌍 Colophon (Ionia)🌍 Clazomenai (Ionia)🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor)🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor)πŸ‘€ Neileus (Ionian)🌍 Priene (Asia Minor)🌍 Myous (Asia Minor)🌍 Lebedos (Asia Minor)🌍 Teos (Asia Minor)🌍 Erythrai (Asia Minor)🌍 Chios (city)🌍 Samos (city)πŸ‘€ Periphas (Athenian)πŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)πŸ‘€ Phene (Athenian)🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica)πŸ‘€ MismeπŸ‘€ Ascalabos (s. of Misme)πŸ‘€ Aletes (Corinthian)πŸ‘€ Thymoites (Athenian)🌍 Oinoe (Attica/Boiotia)πŸ‘€ Phyllis (Thracian)🌍 Cecropia (alt. Attica)🌍 Attica
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.14.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.14.7πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.14.8πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.14.5πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.15.5πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.15.6πŸ“– Pausanias 4.1.5-4.1.9πŸ“– Euripides, Trojan Women 197-213πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 494-534πŸ“– Pausanias 1.2.5πŸ“– Pausanias 1.2.6πŸ“– Pausanias 1.3.3πŸ“– Pausanias 4.34.8πŸ“– Pausanias 1.14.7πŸ“– Pausanias 1.17.5-1.17.6πŸ“– Pausanias 1.21.1πŸ“– Pausanias 1.21.2πŸ“– Pausanias 1.23.5πŸ“– Pausanias 2.1.1πŸ“– Pausanias 2.6.5-2.6.7πŸ“– Pausanias 1.31.4-1.31.5πŸ“– Pausanias 1.38.2πŸ“– Pausanias 2.30.8-2.30.9πŸ“– Pausanias 8.23.3πŸ“– Pausanias 1.44.10πŸ“– Pausanias 7.1.5πŸ“– Pausanias 7.1.7-7.1.9πŸ“– Pausanias 7.1.9πŸ“– Pausanias 7.2.1-7.2.4πŸ“– Pausanias 10.17.5πŸ“– Pausanias 7.25.2πŸ“– Pausanias 7.25.1-7.25.2πŸ“– Pausanias 7.1.2πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 15.1πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 23.1πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 25.3πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 35.5πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 24.1-25.3πŸ“– Pausanias 10.35.8πŸ“– Pausanias 1.39.4πŸ“– Pausanias 3.18.4-3.18.5πŸ“– Euripides, Phoenician Women 834-855πŸ“– Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3πŸ“– Lucian, Anacharsis 34πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 63 HarderπŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 39πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 40πŸ“– Lucian, The Mistaken Critic 11πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.20.1-1.20.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.20.6πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 3.144πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.77.1-5.77.8πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.56.1-5.56.7πŸ“– Strabo 7.7.1πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 90-114πŸ“– Strabo 8.7.1πŸ“– Strabo 8.1.2πŸ“– Strabo 9.1.6πŸ“– Strabo 9.1.7πŸ“– Strabo 9.1.18πŸ“– Strabo 9.1.20πŸ“– Strabo 3.5.5-3.5.6πŸ“– Strabo 14.1.3πŸ“– Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.19πŸ“– Strabo 13.1.12πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 11.741πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 712-737πŸ“– Strabo 11.5.1-11.5.4πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1322-1340πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 17.53πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 2.371-2.396πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 22.29βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 6πŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 33πŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 24πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 7.191πŸ“– Conon, Narrations 26πŸ“– Conon, Narrations 39πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 2πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 18πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1425.60-1425.63
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasEuripides, Trojan WomenLycophron, AlexandraPlutarch, TheseusEuripides, Phoenician WomenLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, AnacharsisCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The DanceLucian, The Mistaken CriticDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadStraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, GeorgicsAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryConon, NarrationsOvid, HeroidesEustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    MousaiosEumelos, CorinthiacaHellanicosZeno of RhodesSophocles, AigeusPhilochoros of AthensPherecydes of AthensVergil, GeorgicsCrates of MallosCallimachus, IambiEratosthenes, Poetic FragmentsNicander
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Mousaios fr. 59 BernabΓ© = A 5, B 20 D-KπŸ“– Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 19 West = fr. 1 FowlerπŸ“– Hellanicos fr. 168 FowlerπŸ“– Zeno of Rhodes BNJ 523 fr. 1πŸ“– Sophocles, Aigeus fr. 24 RadtπŸ“– Philochoros of Athens FGrHist 328 fr. 94πŸ“– Pherecydes of Athens fr. 155 FowlerπŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42πŸ“– Crates of Mallos fr. 14 BroggiatoπŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi 4 Pfeiffer = fr. 194-194a PfeifferπŸ“– Eratosthenes, Poetic Fragments fr. 22 PowellπŸ“– Pherecydes of Athens fr. 84 FowlerπŸ“– Nicander fr. 56 Gow-Scholfield
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Terracotta Statues (?) of Amphictyon, Dionysos and other Gods at Athens (Not Extant)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 Athmonon (Attica)🌍 Eleusis (Attica)🌍 Egypt🌍 Crete (island)
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