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🌍 Attica

🌍 Eleusis (Attica) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Athmonon (Attica)
Information
region of the Greek mainland
Alternative name
🌍 Cecropia (alt. Attica) 🌍 Actaia (alt. Attica) 🌍 Mopsopia (alt. Attica)
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579888
Cult site of
👤 Apollo 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Tychon 👤 Orthanes 👤 Conisalos
Place of birth of
👤 Actaios (Attic) 👤 Cecrops (Athenian I) 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Phlyos 👤 Periphas (Athenian)
Place of death of
👤 Androgeos 👤 Antilochos (Pylian) 👤 Eleusis 👤 Erigone (Attic) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Icarios (Attic I) 👤 Ion (Achaian) 👤 Priam 👤 Caineus 👤 Memnon 👤 the Nemean Lion 👤 Codros 👤 Xanthos (Theban) 👤 Pyrrhos (centaur)
Settled by
👥 the Ionians ethnic collectiveStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
Settled from
🌍 the Peloponnese region of southern GreeceStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
Eponym
👤 Atthis daughter of CranaosApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasStraboStrabo
Ruled by
👤 Cecrops (Athenian I) early king of AthensApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)StraboGeographyStraboD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Callimachus, IambiCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)CallimachusLucian, The Mistaken CriticLucianLucianPausaniasPausanias👤 Cranaos early king of AthensApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausanias👤 Theseus Athenian heroEuripides, Trojan WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Plutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarch👤 Amphictyon (s. of Deucalion) son of Deucalion or autochthonPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Actaios (Attic) early king of Attica, father of AgraulisPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)🌍 Paros (island) island in the Aegean, one of the CycladesExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO ConventionAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordΑρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πάρου / Archaeological Museum of Paros, Parikia👤 Menestheus (Athenian) son of Peteos, leader of the Athenian contingent at TroyPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Plutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarch👤 Porphyrion (Athenian) early king of AtticaPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Colainos Attic king, ruled before CecropsPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Melanthos (Athenian) son of AndropomposPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)StraboStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Conon, NarrationsMythography & HistoriographyCononLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Codros Athenian king, son of MelanthosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Pherecydes of AthensMythography & HistoriographyPherecydes of AthensEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaStraboStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Conon, NarrationsCononLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Erechtheus son of Pandion, king of AthensLucian, The Mistaken CriticLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)LucianPausaniasGeographyPausanias👤 Eumolpos (Thracian) son of Poseidon and Chione, fights ErecththeusStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Ion (Achaian) son of Xouthos, eponym of the IoniansStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Eleusis eponym and king of EleusisServius, Scholia on GeorgicsMythography & HistoriographyServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Periphas (Athenian)Antoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesMythography & HistoriographyAntoninus LiberalisGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)👤 Demophon (Athenian) son of Theseus and PhaidraPherecydes of AthensMythography & HistoriographyPherecydes of AthensGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesAntoninus LiberalisMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Plutarch, TheseusPlutarch👤 Pandion (Athenian II) king of Athens, son of CecropsApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)StraboGeographyStraboSophocles, AigeusTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles👤 Medon (Athenian) son of CodrosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Cecrops (Athenian II) son of ErechtheusPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Acamas (Athenian) son of TheseusPlutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Pallas (Athenian) son of PandionStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Sophocles, AigeusTragedy & SatyrSophoclesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaSophocles👤 Triptolemos Eleusinian, spreader of agricultureServius, Scholia on GeorgicsMythography & HistoriographyServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Aigeus (Athenian) king of AthensPlutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Cephalos (Eleusinian) king of EleusisServius, Scholia on GeorgicsMythography & HistoriographyServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Thymoites (Athenian) son of Oxyntes son of DemophonConon, NarrationsMythography & HistoriographyCononGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
Conquered by
👤 Aigeus (Athenian) king of AthensApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Minos king of CretePlutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautHellanicosMythography & HistoriographyHellanicosGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, ArgonautHellanicosMythography & HistoriographyHellanicosGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)
Relics preserved on site
🏛️ the Tomb of Eumolpos (Eleusis) 🏺 the Ship of Theseus
Related Entities
👤 Acamas (Athenian) 👤 Actaios (Attic) 👤 Aigeus (Athenian) 👤 Amphictyon (s. of Deucalion) 👤 Androgeos 👤 Apollo 👤 Athena 👤 Atthis 👤 Boreas 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Cecrops (Athenian I) 👤 Cecrops (Athenian II) 👤 Celeos (Eleusinian) 👤 Cranaos 👤 Demeter 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Eleusis 👤 Epopeus (Sicyonian) 👤 Erechtheus 👤 Erichthonios (Athenian) 👤 Erigone (Attic) 👤 Eumolpos (Thracian) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 👤 Icarios (Attic I) 👤 Iolaos 👤 Ion (Achaian) 👤 Labdacos 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 the Megarid 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Theseus 👤 Oreithyia (Athenian) 👤 Pallas (Athenian) 👤 Pandion (Athenian II) 👤 Pandion (Athenian I) 👤 Helen 👤 Persephone 👤 Peteos 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Lycos (Athenian) 👤 Maira (dog) 👤 Medeia 👤 Menestheus (Athenian) 👤 Minos 👤 Nisos (Megarian) 🌍 Marathon (Attica) 👤 Seilenos 👤 Teiresias 👤 Tereus 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Triptolemos 👤 Xouthos (s. of Hellen) 👥 the Amazons 👤 Antiope (Amazon) 🌍 the Peloponnese 🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Phocaia (Ionia) 🌍 Colophon (Ionia) 🌍 Clazomenai (Ionia) 🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Arabia 🌍 Attica 🌍 Thespiai (Boiotia) 🌍 Oinoe (Attica/Boiotia) 🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) 🌍 the Hellespont 🌍 Troizen (Argolid) 🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor) 👥 the Pelasgians 👥 the Ionians 👥 the Achaians 🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese) 🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) 🌍 India 🌍 Cecropia (alt. Attica) 🏛️ the Spring of Poseidon (Athens) 🏛️ the Olive Tree (Athens) 🌍 the Thriasian Plain (Attica) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 🌍 Andania (Messenia) 👤 Phlyos 👥 the Great Goddesses 🌍 Ephyra (Elis) 👤 Aletes (Corinthian) 👤 Anaphlystos (eponym) 👤 Eumolpos (Eleusinian) 🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese) 👤 Codros 👤 Colainos 👤 Lamedon 👤 Marathon 👤 Medon (Athenian) 👤 Melanthos (Athenian) 👤 Neileus (Ionian) 👤 Xanthos (Theban) 🌍 Actaia (alt. Attica) 👤 Porphyrion (Athenian) 👤 Sicyon 👤 Sphettos (eponym) 👤 Thymoites (Athenian) 👤 Ianiscos 🌍 Colonides (Messenia) 🌍 Myrrhinous (Attica) 🌍 Rheitoi (Attica) 🏛️ the Tomb of Eumolpos (Eleusis) 👥 the Children of Heracles 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 🌍 Caphyai (Arcadia) ⏳ the Search of Demeter for Persephone 👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese 🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece) 🌍 Priene (Asia Minor) 🌍 Myous (Asia Minor) 🌍 Lebedos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Teos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Erythrai (Asia Minor) 🌍 Olbia (Sardinia) 🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos 🌍 Steiris (Phocis) 🏺 the Ship of Theseus 🌍 the Grove of Lycos (Messenia) 👥 the Aonians 👤 Osiris 👤 Tychon 👤 Mopsos (Attic) 🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica) 👤 Orthanes 🌍 Chios (city) 👤 Cephalos (Eleusinian) 👤 Conisalos 🌍 Samos (city) 👤 Periphas (Athenian) 👤 Phene (Athenian) 👤 Misme 🌍 Acte (Chalcidice) 👤 Ascalabos (s. of Misme) 👤 Icarios (Attic II)
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.8 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.6 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 494-534 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 712-737 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 90-114 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1322-1340 📖 Pausanias 1.2.5 📖 Pausanias 1.2.6 📖 Pausanias 1.3.3 📖 Pausanias 4.34.8 📖 Pausanias 1.14.7 📖 Pausanias 1.21.1 📖 Pausanias 1.23.5 📖 Pausanias 1.38.2 📖 Pausanias 1.39.4 📖 Pausanias 1.44.10 📖 Pausanias 8.23.3 📖 Pausanias 1.21.2 📖 Pausanias 2.1.1 📖 Pausanias 7.1.2 📖 Pausanias 7.1.5 📖 Pausanias 7.1.9 📖 Pausanias 7.25.2 📖 Pausanias 10.17.5 📖 Pausanias 10.35.8 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 15.1 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 23.1 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 25.3 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 35.5 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 197-213 📖 Pausanias 4.1.5-4.1.9 📖 Pausanias 3.18.4-3.18.5 📖 Pausanias 1.17.5-1.17.6 📖 Pausanias 2.6.5-2.6.7 📖 Pausanias 1.31.4-1.31.5 📖 Pausanias 2.30.8-2.30.9 📖 Pausanias 7.1.7-7.1.9 📖 Pausanias 7.2.1-7.2.4 📖 Pausanias 7.25.1-7.25.2 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 24.1-25.3 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 834-855 📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3 📖 Lucian, Anacharsis 34 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 63 Harder 📖 Lucian, The Dance 39 📖 Lucian, The Dance 40 📖 Lucian, The Mistaken Critic 11 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.20.1-1.20.6 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.18.1-1.20.6 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 3.144 📖 Strabo 7.7.1 📖 Strabo 8.7.1 📖 Strabo 8.1.2 📖 Strabo 9.1.6 📖 Strabo 9.1.7 📖 Strabo 9.1.18 📖 Strabo 9.1.20 📖 Strabo 3.5.5-3.5.6 📖 Strabo 14.1.3 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.19 📖 Strabo 13.1.12 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.741 📖 Strabo 11.5.1-11.5.4 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 17.53 📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.371-2.396 📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 22.29 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 6 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 33 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 24 📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.191 📖 Conon, Narrations 26 📖 Conon, Narrations 39 ⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
Mentioned in Text
Apollodoros, Library Lycophron, Alexandra Euripides, Trojan Women Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Euripides, Phoenician Women Strabo Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, Anacharsis Lucian, The Dance Lucian, The Mistaken Critic Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Servius, Scholia on Georgics Vergil, Georgics Conon, Narrations Pliny, Natural History
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 19 West = fr. 1 Fowler 📖 Hellanicos fr. 168 Fowler 📖 Sophocles, Aigeus fr. 24 Radt 📖 Philochoros of Athens FGrHist 328 fr. 94 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 155 Fowler 📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42 📖 Crates of Mallos fr. 14 Broggiato 📖 Eratosthenes, Poetic Fragments fr. 22 Powell 📖 Callimachus, Iambi 4 Pfeiffer = fr. 194-194a Pfeiffer 📖 Mousaios fr. 59 Bernabé = A 5, B 20 D-K 📖 Nicander, Metamorphoses fr. 56 Gow-Scholfield 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 84 Fowler
Reported depictions
🌍 Athens (Attica)
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Eleusis (Attica) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Athmonon (Attica)
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