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🌍 Thesprotia

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  • Information
    region in northern Greece
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2551754
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531117
    Place of death of
    👤 Callidice (Thesprotian) queen of the Thesprotians
    Ruled by
    👤 Callidice (Thesprotian) queen of the Thesprotians👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy👤 Pheidon (Odyssean creation?) king of the Thesprotians in one of Odysseus' lying tales👤 Aidoneus (rat. Hades) Thesprotian or Molossian king, rationalized form of Hades, captures Theseus and Peirithous👤 Phylas (Thesprotian) king of Ephyra👤 Polypoites (Thesprotian) son of Odysseus
    Conquered by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Related entities
    👤 Callidice (Thesprotian) queen of the Thesprotians👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Teiresias Theban prophet👤 Polypoites (Thesprotian) son of Odysseus👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos and Eriphyle, one of the Epigonoi👤 Theseus Athenian hero👤 Peirithous (Lapith) Calydonian Boar hunter, companion of Theseus👤 Phersephone (rat. Persephone) wife of Aidoneus, rationalized form of Persephone🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 River Acheron (Thesprotia) river in northern Greece🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant👤 Son of Castor (Odyssean persona) fictional persona created by Odysseus👤 Pheidon (Odyssean creation?) king of the Thesprotians in one of Odysseus' lying tales🌍 Ithaca (island) island in the Ionian Sea🌍 Doulichion (island) island in the Ionian Sea near Acarnania, but also identified elsewhere in antiquity🌍 the Taphian Islands islands in the Ionian Sea; sometimes imprecisely located, or conflated with other island groups👤 Eupeithes father of Antinoos🌍 Ephyra (Thessaly?) homeland of the Ephyroi (probably) in Thessaly👤 Aithon (Odyssean persona) son of Deucalion, fictional persona created by Odysseus🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) island of the Phaiacians, visited by Odysseus🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros) cult site in Epeiros👤 Eumaios slave of Odysseus👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Ares Olympian god👤 Athena Olympian goddess👤 Aidoneus (rat. Hades) Thesprotian or Molossian king, rationalized form of Hades, captures Theseus and Peirithous👤 Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld👤 Phylas (Thesprotian) king of Ephyra🌍 Cichyros (Thresprotia) city in Thesprotia👥 the Cattle of Geryon stolen by Heracles🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) region in northern Greece🌍 Chaonia (Epeiros) a district of Epeiros inhabited by the Chaonians, a Greek tribe.
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.34-7.35📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.35📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.34📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.5📖 Pausanias 3.18.4-3.18.5📖 Pausanias 1.17.4📖 Pausanias 1.17.5-1.17.6📖 Pausanias 1.18.4📖 Pausanias 5.14.1-5.14.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.342-16.447📖 Pausanias 9.36.1-9.36.3📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.269-19.307📖 Pausanias 2.22.6-2.22.7📖 Homer, Odyssey 16.1-16.111📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.505-17.527📖 Telegony Argumentum 2 West📖 Exerpta Vaticana 5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.36.1-4.36.5📖 Strabo 7.7.11📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 4
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Telegony Exerpta VaticanaDiodoros, LibraryStraboAntoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 13.383-13.401📖 Homer, Iliad 16.475-16.508📖 Homer, Iliad 13.295-13.305📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 823-875📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 977-1015📖 Pindar fr. 60 Snell-Maehler📖 Nicander fr. 38 Gow-Scholfield📖 Athanadas of Ambracia
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