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  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11304915" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11304915">📖 Diodoros, Library 5.69.1-5.69.5</span>
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    island near Italy
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4951156
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462492
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes
    Cult site of
    👤 Iolaos👤 Leucaspis👤 Pediacrates👤 Bouphonas👤 Glychatas👤 Bytaias👤 Crytidas👤 Aristaios👤 Demeter👤 Hyblaia👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Persephone👤 Athena👤 Aphrodite👤 Geryon👥 the Mothers👤 Poseidon👤 Hecabe
    Place of birth of
    👤 Aigestes👤 Daphnis (s. of Hermes)
    Place of death of
    👤 Minos (Cretan I)👤 Anchises (Trojan)👤 Eryx (Sicilian)👤 Leucaspis👤 Pediacrates👤 Bouphonas👤 Glychatas👤 Bytaias👤 Crytidas👥 the Companions of Odysseus👤 Acis
    Place of burial of
    👤 Encelados (giant)👤 Typhon👤 Minos (Cretan I)
    Settled by
    👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy
    Ruled by
    👤 Eryx (Sicilian)👤 Boutas (Sicilian)👤 Cocalos👤 Pheraimon👤 Androcles (s. of Aiolos)👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Cronos
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Palace of Cocalos (Sicily)🏛️ the Fortress of Camicos (Sicily)🏛️ Spring Himera (Sicily)🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos🏛️ Spring Aigesta (Sicily)🏺 the Leontine Relics of Heracles🏛️ the Bath of Daidalos (Sicily)🏛️ the Cave of Daidalos (Sicily)🏺 the Statue of the Golden Ram (Daidalian)🏛️ the Wall of Daidalos (Sicily)🏛️ the Temple of Aphrodite at Eryx (Sicily)🏺 the Wooden Statue (Daidalian, Sicilian)🏺 the Bones of Minos
    Encompasses
    🌍 Camicos (Sicily) 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily) 🌍 Eryx (Sicily) 🌍 Enna (Sicily) 🌍 Himera (Sicily) 🏛️ Spring Arethousa (Sicily) 🌍 Omphace (Sicily) 🌍 Gela (Sicily) 🌍 Hybla Gereatis (Sicily) 🌍 Inycos (Sicily) 🌍 Alybas (Sicily?) 🌍 Syracuse (Sicily) 🌍 Heracleia Minoa (S. Sicily) 🌍 Zancle (Sicily) 🌍 Acragas (Sicily) 🌍 Camarina (Sicily) 🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Sicily) 🌍 Aigesta (Sicily) 🏛️ Spring Himera (Sicily) 🏛️ Spring Aigesta (Sicily) 🏛️ Spring Cyane (Sicily) 🌍 Agyrion (Sicily) 🌍 Lake Heracles (Sicily) 🌍 Pelorias (Sicily) 🌍 Leontini (Sicily) 🏛️ the Bath of Daidalos (Sicily) 🌍 Megara Hyblaia (Sicily) 🌍 River Alabon (Sicily) 🌍 Selinous (Sicily) 🏛️ the Tomb of Minos (Sicily) 🌍 Engion (Sicily) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Eryx (Sicily) 🌍 the Heraian Mountains (Sicily) 🌍 The Harbor of Zancle (Sicily) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Pelorias (Sicily) 🌍 Xouthia (Sicily) 🌍 Agathyrnos (Sicily) 🌍 Heracleia (W. Sicily) 🏛️ the Footprints of Heracles (Sicily) 🏛️ the Fortress of Camicos (Sicily) 🏛️ the Palace of Cocalos (Sicily) 🏛️ the Cave of Daidalos (Sicily) 🏛️ the Wall of Daidalos (Sicily) 🌍 Acte (Sicily) 🏛️ the Cave near Enna (Sicily) 🌍 the Meadow near Enna (Sicily) 🌍 Mount Eryx (Sicily) 🌍 River Crinisus (Sicily) 🌍 River Symaithos (Sicily) 🌍 Catane (Sicily) 🌍 Favara (Sicily) 🌍 Acrai (Sicily) 🌍 River Scamandros (Sicily) 🌍 River Simoeis (Sicily) 🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily) 🏛️ the Temple of Aphrodite at Eryx (Sicily) 🌍 Entella (Sicily) 🌍 Cape Odysseia (Sicily) 🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily) 🏛️ the Cenotaph of Hecabe (Sicily) 🌍 Lake Pergus (Sicily) 🌍 Concheia (Sicily) 🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily) 🌍 Longane (Sicily) 🌍 River Longanos (Sicily) 🌍 River Acis (Sicily) 🌍 River Anapos (Sicily) 🌍 the Harbor of Odysseus (Sicily) 🌍 River Amenanus (Sicily) 🌍 River Gelas (Sicily) 🌍 River Pantagias (Sicily) 🌍 Tauromenium (Sicily) 🌍 Mylai (Sicily) 🌍 Thapsos (Sicily) 🌍 the Plain of Helorus (Sicily)
    Related entities
    👤 Odysseus👤 Athena👤 Encelados (giant)👤 Eryx (Sicilian)👤 Heracles👥 the Cattle of Geryon👤 Eurystheus👤 Geryon🏺 the Golden Cup of Helios🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 the Ionian Sea🌍 Erytheia (unlocatable)🌍 Tartessos (Spain)🌍 Abderia (Spain)🌍 Ligystine (Spain)🌍 River Anthemous (Chalcidice)🌍 Rhegion (Italy)🌍 the Hellespont🌍 River Strymon (Thrace)🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea🌍 Eryx (Sicily)👤 Cocalos👤 Daidalos🌍 Crete (island)👤 Agrolas👤 Hyperbios (builder)🌍 Acharnai (Attica)🌍 Italy👤 Minos (Cretan I)🌍 Ithaca (island)👤 Slave of Laertes (name unknown)👤 Eperitos (Odyssean persona)🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops)👤 Seilenos👥 the Satyrs🌍 Troy (Troad)👥 the Companions of Odysseus🏺 the Wine of Maron🌍 Alybas (Sicily?)👤 Demeter🌍 Arcadia👤 Alpheios (river god)👤 Arethousa (Sicilian)🏛️ Spring Arethousa (Sicily)👥 the Cyclopes (thunderbolt-makers)🌍 Corsica (Island)🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Sicily)👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Persephone🌍 Hipponion (Italy)👤 Cronos🌍 Libya (North Africa)👤 Boutas (Sicilian)👤 Leucaspis👤 Pediacrates👤 Bouphonas👤 Glychatas👤 Bytaias👤 Crytidas👤 Iolaos🌍 Sardinia (island)👤 Pasiphae (Cretan)👤 Icaros🌍 Icaria (island)👤 Aristaios🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Ceos (island)👤 Aineias👤 Artemis👤 Daphnis (s. of Hermes)👤 Echenais (Sicilian)👤 Orion (hunter)🌍 Euboia (island)👤 Hades👤 Androcles (s. of Aiolos)👤 Pheraimon🌍 Egypt🌍 Attica👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean)🌍 the Strait of Messina🌍 Cape Scylla (Italy)🌍 Meninx (Africa)👤 Anchises (Trojan)👤 Ascanios (s. of Aineias)👥 the Companions of Aineias🌍 Latium (Italy)👤 Typhon🌍 Naples (Italy)🌍 the Lipari Islands (Sicily)🌍 Pithecoussai (island)🌍 Baiai (Campania)🌍 Cumae (Campania)🌍 Dicaiarchia (Italy)👤 Aphrodite🌍 Iapygia (Italy)👤 Iapyx (eponym I)🌍 Emathia (N. Greece)🌍 Venetia (Italy)🌍 Hyria (S. Italy)🌍 Knossos (Crete)🌍 Brentesion (S. Italy)🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians👥 the Daughters of Phoinodamas👤 Crinisus👤 Aigeste👤 Aigestes👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy🌍 Delos (island)🌍 the Underworld🌍 Corcyra (island)🌍 Gaudos (island)🏺 the Wings of Daidalos🌍 Paros (island)🌍 Samos (island)🌍 the Calymnian Islands (Sporades)🌍 Lebinthos (island)👤 Galateia (Nereid)👤 Acis🌍 Doliche (alt. Icaria)🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece)🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island)🌍 Same (island)🌍 the Strophades Islands (alt. Echinades)🌍 Ausonia (Italy)🌍 Bouthroten (Molossia)👤 Anchises (Sicyonian)🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros)🌍 Ambracia (Epiros)🌍 Chaonia (Epeiros)🏺 the Ships of Aineias👤 Aeneas Silvius👤 Circe👤 Scylla (sea monster)👤 Glaucos ("of the sea")🌍 Cape Circaion (Italy)🌍 Carthage (N. Africa)👤 Hera👤 Iris🌍 the Seirenoussai (islands)🌍 Parthenope (alt. Naples)🌍 the Aiolian Islands (alt. Lipari)🌍 Prochyta (island)👤 Achaimenides👥 the Cretan Companions of Minos👥 the Daughters of Cocalos🌍 Etruria (Italy)🌍 Lipara (island)👤 Sicilian Princess (name unknown)🏛️ the Labyrinth (Knossos)🏛️ the Fortress of Camicos (Sicily)🏛️ the Palace of Cocalos (Sicily)🌍 Camicos (Sicily)👤 Briareos👤 Calais👤 Dionysos (Olympian)👤 Hephaistos🌍 Eleusis (Attica)🌍 Athens (Attica)👥 the Harpies👤 Phineus (Thracian)👤 Zetes🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 Doulichion (island)🌍 Cephallenia (island)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians🌍 Scythia🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia)🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Mount Atlas (unlocatable)🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable)🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)🌍 Mount Oita (Thessaly)🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans🏛️ the Corycian Cave (Cilicia)🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable)🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis)🌍 Mount Ossa (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Mimas (Ionia)🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable)🌍 Lilbaion (Sicily)🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor)🌍 Mount Mycale (Caria)👥 the Tyrrhenian Pirates🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable)👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios)🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia)👤 Doris (Nereid)🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly)⏳ the Search of Demeter for Persephone🌍 Ortygia (island)🌍 Hybla Gereatis (Sicily)👤 Telemos🌍 Mount Cynthos (Delos)🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 Syracuse (Sicily)🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly)🌍 Camarina (Sicily)🌍 Mount Rhodope (Thrace)🌍 the Taurus Mountains🏛️ Spring Cyane (Sicily)🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)🌍 the Alps👥 the Horses of Helios🌍 Mount Eryx (Sicily)🌍 the Apennine Mountains🌍 Mount Dindymon (Bear Island)🌍 Cape Pachynos (Sicily)🌍 Acte (Chalcidice)👤 Boutes (Argonaut)👥 the Sirens🌍 Aigesta (Sicily)👤 Elymos (Trojan)👤 Helen👤 Menelaos🌍 Cythera (island)🌍 River Nile (Egypt)🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia)🌍 Tiryns (Argolid)🌍 Gadeira (Iberia)🌍 Croton (Italy)🏛️ the Pillars of Heracles🌍 Paphos (Cyprus)🌍 Assyria🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy)🌍 Liguria (Italy)🌍 Himera (Sicily)🌍 the Palatine Hill (Rome)🌍 Iberia (W. Europe)🌍 Siris (S. Italy)🌍 Hecatompylos (N. Africa)🌍 Alesia (Gaul)🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania)🌍 Agyrion (Sicily)🌍 Poseidonia (Italy)🌍 Leontini (Sicily)🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia)🌍 the Land of the Eremboi🏛️ the Route through the Graian Alps🌍 Lake Avernus (Campania)🏛️ the Stone Old Woman (Mt Casios)🏛️ the Tomb of Adonis (Byblos)🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena (Apulia)🌍 Drepanon (W. Sicily)🌍 the Sanctuary of Heracles at Aithalia🌍 Entella (Sicily)🌍 Concheia (Sicily)🌍 Lake Gonousa (Sicily)👤 Echephron (Arcadian)👤 Promachos (Arcadian)🌍 the Sanctuary of Aphrodite Erycine at Psophis (Arcadia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Eryx (Sicily)🏛️ the Wall of Daidalos (Sicily)🏺 the Statue of the Golden Ram (Daidalian)🏛️ the Temple of Aphrodite at Eryx (Sicily)👥 the Erinyes👤 Hercyna (eponym)🌍 the Grove of Demeter (Thessaly)🌍 the Meadow near Enna (Sicily)🏛️ Spring Himera (Sicily)🏛️ Spring Aigesta (Sicily)🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 the Sea at Aigion (Achaia)🏺 the Wooden Statue (Daidalian, Sicilian)🌍 Gela (Sicily)🌍 Omphace (Sicily)👤 Hyblaia👤 Apheidas (Odyssean creation)👤 Ares👤 Iamos🏺 the Chariot of Hades🌍 Engion (Sicily)👤 Apollo🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos👤 Zanclos🌍 Acte (Sicily)👤 Cadmos (Theban)👤 Castor (Spartan)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)👤 Thersandros (epigonos)👤 Adrastos (Argive I)🌍 Acragas (Sicily)🏛️ the Tomb of Minos (Sicily)🏺 the Bones of Minos👤 Camarina (eponym)👤 Brontes👤 Poseidon👤 Leto🏺 the Bow of Artemis🏺 the Horse-Trough of Poseidon👤 Philoctetes🌍 Crimissa (Italy)🌍 Chone (Italy)👤 Eros🌍 Lake Pergus (Sicily)🌍 the Lakes of the Palici (Sicily)👤 Cyane (Sicilian)👥 the Daughters of Acheloos🏛️ the Footprints of Heracles (Sicily)👥 the Laistrygonians👤 Xouthos (Sicilian)🏺 the Leontine Relics of Heracles🌍 River Alabon (Sicily)🏛️ the Bath of Daidalos (Sicily)🏛️ the Cave of Daidalos (Sicily)🌍 Selinous (Sicily)👥 the Cretan Contingent at Troy (attackers)👤 Meriones🌍 Heracleia Minoa (S. Sicily)👥 the Mothers👤 Agathyrnos🌍 Sparta (Laconia)🌍 Lake Heracles (Sicily)🌍 The Harbor of Zancle (Sicily)🌍 Enna (Sicily)🏛️ the Cave near Enna (Sicily)🌍 River Scamandros (Troad)🌍 River Simoeis (Sicily)🌍 River Simoeis (Troad)🌍 River Scamandros (Sicily)👤 Hecabe👤 Hecate (goddess)🌍 River Longanos (Sicily)🌍 Longane (Sicily)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.2📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10📖 Pausanias 4.36.1-4.36.5📖 Pausanias 1.21.4📖 Pausanias 1.28.3📖 Pausanias 8.24.1-8.24.2📖 Pausanias 7.4.7📖 Plutarch, Theseus 19.4-19.7📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.205-24.213📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.266-24.314📖 Euripides, Cyclops 1-40📖 Euripides, Cyclops 96-110📖 Euripides, Cyclops 131-174📖 Euripides, Cyclops 608-663📖 Bacchylides, Odes 3📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 1 Harder📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 1.1-1.4 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 3.1-3.2 MacLeod📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86📖 Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18📖 Strabo 6.1.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.23.1-4.23.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.30.1-4.30.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.77.1-4.77.9📖 Diodoros, Library 4.78.1-4.78.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.82.1-4.82.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.83.1-4.83.7📖 Diodoros, Library 4.84.1-4.84.4📖 Diodoros, Library 4.85.1-4.85.7📖 Diodoros, Library 5.2.3-5.2.5📖 Diodoros, Library 5.4.1-5.5.2📖 Diodoros, Library 5.8.1-5.8.3📖 Diodoros, Library 5.69.1-5.69.5📖 Diodoros, Library 5.77.1-5.77.8📖 Strabo 7.3.6📖 Diodoros, Library 5.78.1-5.78.4📖 Strabo 1.2.9📖 Strabo 10.2.15-10.2.17📖 Strabo 13.1.52-13.1.53📖 Strabo 5.4.9📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 866-876📖 Strabo 6.3.2📖 Strabo 6.3.6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 951-977📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 9.1-9.2 MacLeod📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.183-8.259📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.260-8.328📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.750-13.797📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.705-13.749📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.1-14.39📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.75-14.106📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.198-14.241📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.191📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.89📖 Conon, Narrations 25📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1379.19-1379.40📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📖 Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 2📖 Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 29
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusHomer, OdysseyEuripides, CyclopsBacchylides, OdesCallimachus, AetiaLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisPindar, Nemean 1StraboDiodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural HistoryConon, NarrationsEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyPindar, Pythian 1Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Cleidemos of AthensDionysios ScytobrachionHesiodCarcinos IIHomer, OdysseyApollodoros of AthensPolybios, HistoriesPindar, Pythian 1Herodotos, HistoriesCallimachus, AetiaPhiletas of CosTimaios
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Cleidemos of Athens BNJ 323 fr. 17📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 Rusten📖 Hesiod fr. 245 Most📖 Carcinos II fr. 5 Cropp📖 Homer, Odyssey 9.106-9.115📖 Apollodoros of Athens FGrHist 244 fr. 157a📖 Polybios, Histories 34.2.4-34.4.8📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📖 Herodotos, Histories 7.170📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 13a-b Harder = fr. 470 Pfeiffer📖 Homer, Odyssey 5.262-13.440📖 Philetas of Cos fr. 5 Powell = fr. 9 Lightfoot📖 Timaios BNJ 566 fr. 83
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Crete (island)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Demeter🌍 Sicily (island)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Diodoros, Library 5.69.1-5.69.5
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