- Information
- 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
- Cult site of
- 👤 Poseidon
- Eponym
- 👤 Tainaros
- Encompases
- 🏛️ the Cave at Tainaron (Tainaron)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Aipy (Messenia) 🌍 Arene (Messenia?) 🌍 Argyphea (Messenia?) 🌍 Cape Geraistos (Euboia) 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) 🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)🌍 Chalcis (Elis) 🌍 Crisa (Phocis) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Doulichion (island) 🌍 Dyme (Achaia) 🌍 Elis (city) 🌍 Erebos (Underworld) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 🌍 Pharai (Achaia) 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Pylos (Triphylia) 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld) 🌍 River Lethe (Underworld) 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🌍 Same (island) 🌍 Tainaron (Laconia) 🌍 Tartaros 🌍 Thryon (Messenia) 🌍 Zacynthos (island) 🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ Spring Crounoi (Elis) 🏛️ the Cave at Tainaron (Tainaron) 🏛️ the Chair of Lethe (Underworld) 🏺 the Cloak of Agamemnon 🏺 the Lyre of Orpheus👤 Agamemnon 👤 Apollo 👤 Cassandra 👤 Cerberos (dog) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Euphemos (Argonaut) 👤 Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)👤 Eurystheus 👤 Heracles 👤 Molossos (rationalized) 👤 Orpheus 👤 Persephone 👤 Poseidon 👤 Tainaros 👤 Theseus 👥 the Cretan Priests of Apollo👥 the Sheep of Helios
- Appears in
- 📜 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 388-439📜 Euripides, Cyclops 273-312📜 Lucian, The Downward Journey, or the Tyrant 1-4📜 Lycophron, Alexandra 1099-1122📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 39📜 Pausanias 3.14.2📜 Pausanias 3.25.5-3.25.6📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 169-202📜 Strabo 8.6.14📜 Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527
- Mentioned in Text
- Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloEuripides, CyclopsLucian, The Downward Journey, or the TyrantLycophron, AlexandraPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Pythian 4StraboVergil, Georgics