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🌍 Gerenia (Messenia)

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  • Information
    city in Messenia
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570261
    Identified with
    🌍 Enope (Messenia) unlocatable city in Messenia, identified as Gerenia or Pellana
    Cult site of
    👤 Machaon son of Asclepios, leader of the Tricca contingent at Troy
    Place of burial of
    👤 Machaon son of Asclepios, leader of the Tricca contingent at Troy
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Machaon (Gerenia) at Gerenia
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Tomb of Machaon (Gerenia)
    Related entities
    👤 Nestor son of Neleus, leader of the Pylos contingent at Troy🏛️ the Tomb of Machaon (Gerenia) at Gerenia👤 Machaon son of Asclepios, leader of the Tricca contingent at Troy👤 Glaucos (Messenian) son of Aipytos son of Cresphontes🌍 Enope (Messenia) unlocatable city in Messenia, identified as Gerenia or Pellana👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 Pylos (Messenia) city in Messenia, kingdom of Nestor🌍 Pylos (Elis) city in Elis🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad🌍 Gerenia (Messenia) city in Messenia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.9📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.3📖 Homer, Iliad 2.591-2.602📖 Pausanias 4.3.1-4.3.2📖 Pausanias 4.3.9-4.3.10📖 Pausanias 3.26.8📖 Pausanias 3.26.9📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.1-3.69📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 33 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 34 Most📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 5.392📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.336📖 Strabo 8.4.4📖 Strabo 8.4.5📖 Strabo 8.3.7📖 Strabo 8.3.28-8.3.29📖 Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 231-302
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasHomer, OdysseyHesiod, EhoiaiD-Scholia, IliadStraboEuripides, Iphigenia at Aulis
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Hesiod, EhoiaiHomer, Iliad
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 33 Most📖 Homer, Iliad 9.270-9.320
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese
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