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🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)

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  • Information
    region in the Peloponnese
    Alternative name
    🌍 Lelegia (alt. Laconia)  🌍 Lacedaimon (alt. Laconia)
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570406
    Place of birth of
    👤 Lelex (Laconian)
    Settled by
    👥 the Achaians ethnic collectiveStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Settled from
    🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of PeleusStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Ruled by
    👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of HelenApollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)StraboGeographyStraboPausaniasPausanias👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the HeracleidaiApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)HellanicosHellanicosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboPausaniasPausaniasEphorosEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the HeracleidaiApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)HellanicosHellanicosMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboPausaniasPausaniasEphorosEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia👤 Lelex (Laconian) Laconian autochthon, eponym of the LelegesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Archandros son of AchaiosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Architeles (s. of Achaios) son of AchaiosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) son of Orestes, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Agis son of Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, Spartan kingStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)PausaniasPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia👤 Eurypon son of Soos or Procles, Spartan kingStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)PausaniasPausaniasMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Myles son of Lelex, king of LaconiaPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Eurotas rivergod and eponym of Spartan river EurotasPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Lacedaimon son of Zeus and TaygetePausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Argalos son of Amyclas, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Cynortas son of AmyclasPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Echestratos son of Agis, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Tyndareos king of SpartaPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Apollodoros, EpitomeMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, ArgonautPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Labotas son of EchestratosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Doryssos child of LabotasPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Agesilaus son of DoryssosPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Polydectes (Spartan) son of Eunomos, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Eunomos (Spartan) son of Prytanis, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Prytanis (Spartan) son of Eurypon, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Soos son of Procles, Spartan kingPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Amyclas (Laconian) son of LacedaimonPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Hippocoon (Spartan) Spartan, killed by HeraclesPausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
    Conquered by
    👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the HeracleidaiStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the HeracleidaiStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia👥 the Heracleidai descendants of Heracles, successfully take PeloponneseEuripidesTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in AtticaEuripidesStraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at TroyStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    Related Entities
    👤 Achaios  👤 Agamemnon  👤 Amyclas (Laconian)  👥 the Argonauts  👤 Castor (Spartan)  👤 Cynortas  👤 Dionysos (Olympian)  👤 Eurotas  👤 Eurysthenes  🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete)  👤 Heracles  👤 Hippocoon (Spartan)  👤 Iphitos (Oichalian)  🌍 Eleusis (Attica)  👤 Pelops (Pisan)  👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)  👤 Peisistratos (Pylian I)  👤 Helen  👤 Lacedaimon  👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)  👤 Procles (Heraclid)  👤 Lelex (Laconian)  👤 Leucothea (goddess)  👤 Menelaos  👤 Odysseus  👤 Telemachos  👤 Tisamenos (Spartan)  👤 Tyndareos  🌍 Sparta (Laconia)  🌍 Lesbos (island)  🌍 Argos (city)  🌍 Helos (Laconia)  🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese)  🌍 Phthia (Thessaly)  👥 the Achaians  🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)  🌍 Heniochia (Pontos)  👤 Diocles (Pheraian)  👤 Orsilochos (Pheraian I)  🌍 Pherai (Messenia)  🌍 Lelegia (alt. Laconia)  👤 Myles  👤 Polycaon (Messenian)  👤 Messene  👤 Agis  👤 Argalos  👤 Archandros  👤 Architeles (s. of Achaios)  👤 Gras  👤 Praxandros  🌍 Lapethos (Cyprus)  🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)  👤 Patreus  👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)  👤 Preugenes  👤 Soos  👤 Theras  👤 Agesilaus  👤 Doryssos  👤 Labotas  👤 Echestratos  👤 Zarex (Laconian)  🌍 Lacedaimon (alt. Laconia)  🌍 Patrai (Achaia)  🌍 Aiolis (Asia Minor)  🌍 Pharis (Laconia)  👤 Eurypon  👤 Prytanis (Spartan)  👤 Eunomos (Spartan)  👤 Polydectes (Spartan)  🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 👥 the Heracleidai  👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese  👤 Molpia (Boiotian)  👤 Hippo (Boiotian)  👤 Phryrarchidas  👤 Parthenios (Laconian)  🌍 Old Las (Laconia)  🌍 Triphylia  👤 Philonomos  🌍 Aigys (Laconia)  🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica)  👥 the Descendants of the Argonauts  🌍 Thera (city)  👤 Labros (dog of Actaion)  👤 Argiodus (dog)  👤 Rhecas  👤 Amphistratos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.4 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 90-114 📖 Pausanias 3.1.1 📖 Pausanias 3.1.2 📖 Pausanias 3.1.3 📖 Pausanias 3.1.5 📖 Pausanias 3.2.3 📖 Pausanias 3.2.4 📖 Pausanias 3.12.9 📖 Pausanias 3.16.7 📖 Pausanias 1.38.4 📖 Pausanias 5.1.1 📖 Pausanias 7.1.5 📖 Pausanias 7.1.7 📖 Pausanias 7.6.2 📖 Pausanias 9.13.5 📖 Pausanias 4.1.1-4.1.2 📖 Pausanias 3.2.1-3.2.2 📖 Pausanias 3.1.4-3.1.5 📖 Pausanias 3.7.1-3.7.2 📖 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9 📖 Pausanias 9.14.2-9.14.3 📖 Strabo 8.5.4-8.5.5 📖 Strabo 8.5.6 📖 Strabo 8.5.8 📖 Strabo 8.6.10 📖 Strabo 8.7.1 📖 Strabo 8.3.19 📖 Strabo 8.3.28-8.3.29 📖 Strabo 8.8.5 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252 📖 Strabo 14.6.3 📖 Strabo 11.2.12
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Lycophron, Alexandra Pausanias Strabo Ovid, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.477-3.497 📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.1-21.41 📖 Hellanicos fr. 116 Fowler 📖 Euripides fr. 727e Collard-Cropp 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 117 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 18b
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Castor (Spartan)  👥 the Charites  👤 Cresphontes  👤 Eurysthenes  👤 Iapetos  👤 Hippocoon (Spartan)  👤 Icarios (Spartan)  👤 Iphigeneia  👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)  👤 Orpheus  👤 Lacedaimon  👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)  👤 Procles (Heraclid)  👤 Tyndareos  🌍 Sparta (Laconia)  🌍 Tauris (Pontos)  🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)  🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese)  🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian) 👤 Bouphagos (eponym)  🌍 Therapne (Laconia)  👤 Cleta  👤 Phaenna  👤 Thornax (eponym)  🌍 Pellana (Laconia)  🏛️ Spring Messeis (unlocatable)  🏛️ Spring Polydeuceia (Laconia)  🏛️ the Temple of Athena Asia at Old Las (Laconia)  🏛️ the Tomb of Helen (Therapne)  🏛️ the Tomb of Menelaos (Therapne)  🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta 🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chthonia at Sparta 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Asia in Colchis
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 4.5.1 📖 Pausanias 3.14.5 📖 Pausanias 3.16.7 📖 Pausanias 3.24.7 📖 Pausanias 3.20.1 📖 Pausanias 8.27.17 📖 Pausanias 3.1.4-3.1.5 📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13 📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11 📖 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7
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