- Information
- island near Italy
- Identified with
🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes visited by Odysseus
- Cult site of
👤 Demeter Olympian goddess
👤 Hyblaia eponym of Hybla in Sicily
👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
👤 Persephone daughter of Demeter
👤 Athena Olympian goddess
👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess
👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess
👤 Poseidon Olympian god
👤 Hecabe wife of Priam
- Place of birth of
👤 Aigestes founder of cities in Sicily, with Trojan heritage
- Place of death of
👤 Minos king of Crete
👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias
👤 Eryx (Sicilian) king of the Elymoi in Italy
👥 the Companions of Odysseus the members of the Cephallonian contingent who depart Troy with Odysseus
👤 Typhon son of Ge
👤 Acis lover of Galateia
- Place of burial of
👤 Encelados (giant) giant
👤 Typhon son of Ge
👤 Minos king of Crete
- Settled by
👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy led by Agamemnon
- Used to kill
👤 Encelados (giant) giant
- Ruled by
👤 Eryx (Sicilian) king of the Elymoi in Italy
👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean) creatures encountered by Odysseus
👤 Cocalos king of Sicily
👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
👤 Cronos Titan, father of Zeus
- Relics preserved on site
🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos created by Ge
🏺 the Wooden Statue (Daidalian, Sicilian) taken to Gela in Sicily by Antiphemos
- 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)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.2 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 866-876 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 951-977 📖 Pausanias 1.21.4 📖 Pausanias 1.28.3 📖 Pausanias 7.4.7 📖 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 📖 Pausanias 4.36.1-4.36.5 📖 Pausanias 8.24.1-8.24.2 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 19.4-19.7 📖 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 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 9.1-9.2 MacLeod 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 41-86 📖 Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18 📖 Strabo 6.1.5 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6 📖 Strabo 7.3.6 📖 Strabo 1.2.9 📖 Strabo 10.2.15-10.2.17 📖 Strabo 13.1.52-13.1.53 📖 Strabo 5.4.9 📖 Strabo 6.3.2 📖 Strabo 6.3.6 📖 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 13.705-13.749 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.750-13.797 📖 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, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Euripides, Cyclops Strabo Bacchylides, Odes Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Pindar, Nemean 1 Diodoros, Library Ovid, Metamorphoses Conon, Narrations Pliny, Natural History Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
- Mentioned in citation of
- 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Hybla Gereatis (Sicily) Apollodoros Pausanias Homer Dionysios Scytobrachion Euripides Lycophron Pindar Herodotos Plutarch Cleidemos of Athens Strabo Apollodoros of Athens Bacchylides Callimachus Lucian Diodoros Ovid Polybios Conon Pliny Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Herodotos, Histories Plutarch, Theseus Cleidemos of Athens Pausanias Dionysios Scytobrachion Euripides, Cyclops Strabo Bacchylides, Odes Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Pindar, Pythian 1 Pindar, Nemean 1 Diodoros, Library Apollodoros of Athens Ovid, Metamorphoses Polybios, Histories Conon, Narrations Pliny, Natural History Greek Latin Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE) Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE) Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE) Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE) Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE) Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE) Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE) Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE) Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE) Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE) Geography Mythography & Historiography Epic Tragedy & Satyr Pindar Lucian Euripides Callimachus