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🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291356" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291356">📖 Pausanias 5.5.8-5.5.10</span>
  • Information
    city in Asia Minor
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599612
    Cult site of
    👤 Artemis Olympian goddess👤 Artemis Olympian goddess
    Place of birth of
    👤 Coresos (eponym) autochthon, eponym of Coresos
    Place of death of
    👤 Hecate (w. of Ephesos) wife of Ephesos
    Place of burial of
    👤 Androclos (s. of Codros) founder of Ephesos
    Founded by
    👥 the Ionians ethnic collective👥 the Sons of Codros founders of cities in Ionia👤 Androclos (s. of Codros) founder of Ephesos👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women👤 Neileus (Ionian) leader in the Ionian migration, son of Codros sometimes associated with Pylos rather than Athens
    Founded from
    🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland
    Settled by
    👤 Androclos (s. of Codros) founder of Ephesos👥 the Ionians ethnic collective
    Settled from
    🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
    Eponym
    👤 Ephesos (eponym) eponym of Ephesos, son of Cayster
    Derives etymology from
    👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women
    Conquered by
    👤 Androclos (s. of Codros) founder of Ephesos👥 the Ionians ethnic collective👤 Smyrna (Amazon) eponym of the city
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Androclos (Ephesos) in Ephesos
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesos 🏛️ the Tomb of Androclos (Ephesos)  🏛️ the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos 🌍 Smyrna (Ephesos)  🏛️ the Fourth-Century Temple of Ephesian Artemis at Ephesos  🎨 Wall Painting by Calliphon of Samos in the Temple of Artemis, Ephesos (LIMC Eris 2) 🎨 Bronze Statues of Amazons by Polycleitos, Pheidias, Cresilas, Cydon and Phradmon (Not Extant)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryDionysios, PeriegesisPausaniasLucian, IcaromenippusCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisStraboCallimachus, AetiaAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesCallimachus
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 5.5.8-5.5.10
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