- Alternative names
- Maionia
- Information
- Maionia, region in Asia Minor
- Cult site of
- 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Rhea 👤 Cybele (goddess)
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Niobe (Theban) 👤 Acoetes
- Place of death of
- 👤 Attis 👤 Dioxippe (Lydian)
- Settled by
👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia
- Ruled by
👤 Iardanes father of Omphale
Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesMythography & HistoriographyPalaiphatosGreekLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)👤 Tmolos (Lydian II) character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
Ps-Plutarch, On RiversMythography & HistoriographyGeographyPs-PlutarchGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Meion (Phrygian) king of Phrygia and Lydia
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Tantalos (Lydian) father of Pelops and Niobe, punished in the underworld
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Democles of PygelaMythography & HistoriographyDemocles of PygelaLate 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)👤 Omphale queen of Lydia
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Lydos Lydian, son of Atys
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Tmolos (Lydian I) king of Lydia, husband of Omphale
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Atys Lydian king
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Conquered by
👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
Lucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)LucianLucian, The Dance👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Ctesias of Cnidos, PersicaGeographyCtesias of CnidosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)👤 Ariaios king of Arabia
Diodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Ctesias of Cnidos, PersicaGeographyCtesias of CnidosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Agelaos (Heraclid) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Astyanax (Trojan) 👥 the Corybantes 👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Rhea 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iardanes 👤 Iphitos (Oichalian) 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Priam 👤 Niobe (Theban) 👤 Omphale 👤 Seilenos 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Tmolos (Lydian I) 👥 the Amazons 👥 the Maionia Contingent at Troy (defenders) 🌍 Pisa (Elis) 🌍 the Peloponnese 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Adramytion (Ionia) 🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) 🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor) 🌍 Thrace (Pontic) 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Elis (region) 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 Arabia 👥 the Pelasgians 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Chios (island) 🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 🌍 Media 👥 the Horses of Laomedon 🌍 the Black Sea 🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) 🌍 India 🏺 the Lyre of Amphion 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 Mount Sipylos (Lydia) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🌍 the Troad 🌍 Samothrace (island) 🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) 🌍 River Maiandros (Caria) 👥 the Tyrrhenian Pirates 🌍 Lake Gygaia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Arabia Felix 🌍 Etruria (Italy) 👤 Boros (Maionian) 🌍 Liguria (Italy) 👤 Midas 👤 Tyrrhenos 👤 Attis 👤 Cybele (goddess) 🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos) 🌍 Susa (Persia) 🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes) 🌍 Mysia (Argolid) 🌍 Ionia 👥 the Lydians 🌍 Pamphylia 🌍 Euripos Strait (Euboia) 👥 the Satyrs 👤 Scythes (Lydian) 🌍 River Pactolos (Lydia) 🌍 Bithynia (Pontos) 👤 Arachne 🌍 Sardis (Lydia) 👤 Tmolos (Lydian II) 👤 Sipylos (Lydian) 👤 Dioxippe (Lydian) 🌍 Armenia 🌍 Persia 👤 Meion (Phrygian) 🌍 Bactria 🌍 the Propontis 👤 Acoetes 👤 Ninos (Babylonian) 🌍 Caere (Italy) 🏛️ the Lydian Gate (Adramytion) 👤 Atys 👤 Lydos 👤 Tarchon 🌍 Pisa (Italy) 🌍 River Cimpsos (Lydia) 👤 Ariaios 🌍 Babylonia 🌍 Coile Syria (Assyria) 🌍 the Caspian Gates 👤 Marsyas (Lydian) 🌍 Archippe (C. Italy) 👤 Oxynios (s. of Hector)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.6.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.8 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1351-1361 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 6.5 📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 179-181 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.864-2.866 📖 Homer, Iliad 5.43-5.47 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 839-846 📖 Pausanias 9.5.6-9.5.10 📖 Pausanias 5.1.6-5.1.7 📖 Pausanias 7.17.9-7.17.12 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.34-3.35 📖 Hesiod, Idaian Dactyls fr. 217a, b Most 📖 Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 2 West 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 44 📖 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 17 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 15 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 22.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4 📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 15 📖 Lucian, The Dance 22 📖 Lucian, How to Write History 10 📖 Pindar, Olympian 1 23-66 📖 Lucian, Gout 312-334 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 7 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 9 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4 📖 Hesiod fr. 310 Most 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.1-6.69 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.146-6.203 📖 Strabo 10.3.13 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-3.733 📖 Strabo 1.3.17 📖 Strabo 15.1.6-15.1.9 📖 Strabo 14.5.23-14.5.28 📖 Strabo 12.3.20-12.3.25 📖 Strabo 13.1.65 📖 Strabo 5.2.2 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.85-11.145 📖 Ion of Chios, Tragedies FragTrag fr. 22-38 = fr. 17a-33, 59 Snell-Kannicht 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4 📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.50 📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.197 📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.55 📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.108 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63 📖 Conon, Narrations 46
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Dionysios, Periegesis Lycophron, Alexandra Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Hesiod Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Strabo Eumelos, Titanomachy Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Parliament of the Gods Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess Lucian, The Dance Lucian, How to Write History Pindar, Olympian 1 Lucian, Gout Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Diodoros, Library Hesiod, Idaian Dactyls Ovid, Metamorphoses Euripides, Bacchae Conon, Narrations Ion of Chios, Tragedies Pliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.864-2.866 📖 Ps-Alexander, Problemata 111-13 Kapetanaki & Sharples 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169 📖 Democles of Pygela fr. 1 Fowler 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 114a 📖 Hermesianax fr. 10 📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1 📖 Aristotle fr. 602 Rose 📖 Gellius fr. 16 Cornell 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Phrygia
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Ge 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian) 🌍 River Sangarios (Phrygia) 👤 Agdistis 👤 Attis 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Anaiitis in Lydia 🏛️ the Almond Tree (Phrygia) 👤 Daughter of Sangarios (name unknown) 🌍 Pessinous (Phrygia) 🏺 the Genitals of Agdistis
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11 📖 Pausanias 7.17.9-7.17.12