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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 visited by Odysseus
    Cult site of
    👤 Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles👤 Leucaspis Sicilian👤 Pediacrates Sicilian👤 Bouphonas Sicilian👤 Glychatas Sicilian👤 Bytaias Sicilian👤 Crytidas Sicilian👤 Aristaios semi-divine figure, father of Actaion👤 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) giant👤 Typhon son of Ge👤 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🏛️ 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)🌍 Etruria (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📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 13a-b Harder = fr. 470 Pfeiffer📖 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
    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 Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    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📖 Homer, Odyssey 5.262-13.440
    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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