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    city and sanctuary on the Southern most tip of the Peloponnese, sometimes identified as an entrance to the Underworld
    Serves as entrance to
    🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
    Cult site of
    👤 Poseidon Olympian god
    Eponym
    👤 Tainaros hero, eponym of Tainaron
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Cave at Tainaron (Tainaron)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1099-1122📖 Pausanias 3.14.2📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 388-439📖 Euripides, Cyclops 273-312📖 Pausanias 3.25.5-3.25.6📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 39📖 Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant 1-4📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 169-202📖 Strabo 8.6.14📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527📖 Ovid, Heroides 8
    Mentioned in Text
    Lycophron, AlexandraPausanias Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloEuripides, CyclopsStraboPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, The Downward Journey, or the TyrantPindar, Pythian 4Vergil, GeorgicsOvid, Heroides
    Mentioned in citation of
    🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Cyrene (Libya) PausaniasEuripidesLycophronHecataios of MiletosPindarStraboPalaiphatosLucianEphorosVergilLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHecataios of Miletos Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloEuripides, CyclopsStraboPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, The Downward Journey, or the TyrantPindar, Pythian 4EphorosVergil, GeorgicsGreekLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Early Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)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)GeographyMythography & HistoriographyTragedy & SatyrHomeric HymnPindarLucianEuripides
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