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🌍 Mount Oita (Thessaly)

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Information
mountain range in Thessaly and Phocis
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540968
Cult site of
👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
Place of conception of
👤 Amphissos son of Dryope
Place of death of
👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
Place of burial of
👤 Deianeira (w. of Heracles) daughter of Althaia and Dionysos or Oineus, wife of Heracles
Relics preserved on site
🏛️ the Tomb of Deianeira (Mt Oita) near Heracleia
Encompasses
🏛️ the Tomb of Deianeira (Mt Oita) 🏛️ the Cenotaph of Heracles (Mt Oita)
Related entities
👤 Deianeira (w. of Heracles) daughter of Althaia and Dionysos or Oineus, wife of Heracles👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 Iole daughter of Eurytos👤 Poias Argonaut👤 Lichas herald of Heracles🏺 the Robe of Deianeira infused with blood from Nessos, mistakenly thought to be a love potion🏛️ the Tomb of Deianeira (Mt Oita) near Heracleia🌍 the Peloponnese region of southern Greece👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese post-Heraclid Return👤 Pronoe (m. of Melaneus) mother of Melaneus👤 Philoctetes son of Poias, abandoned on Lemnos👤 Iolaos son of Iphicles, companion of Heracles👤 Nessos centaur🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes🌍 River Dyras (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the Troad🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) mountain on Boiotia-Attica border🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympian Gods🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) mountain range east of the Black Sea🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) mountain on Sicily🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) mountain in Phocis🌍 Mount Ossa (Thessaly) mountain range in Thessaly🌍 Mount Mimas (Ionia) mountain on promontory in Ionia🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) mountain in Asia Minor🌍 Mount Mycale (Caria) mountain in Caria👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) son of Helios🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) mountain in Boiotia🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly) mountain in Thessaly🌍 Mount Cynthos (Delos) mountain on Delos🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly) mountain in Thessaly🌍 Mount Rhodope (Thrace) mountain in Thrace🌍 the Taurus Mountains mountain range in Asia Minor🌍 the Alps major mountain range in Europe👥 the Horses of Helios pull chariot of Helios🌍 Mount Eryx (Sicily) mountain in Sicily🌍 the Apennine Mountains mountain range in Italy🌍 Mount Dindymon (Bear Island) highest peak on Bear Island🌍 Acte (Chalcidice) promontory in the Aegean sea, with Mount Athos on the tip👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Dryope daughter of Dryops or Eurytos👤 Amphissos son of Dryope🌍 the Malian Gulf (C. Greece) gulf between Malis, Trachis and Euboia🌍 the Lichades Islands (Malian Gulf) group of islands to the north-west of Euboia👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Hephaistos Olympian god👥 the Hamadryad Nymphs of Oita involved in Dryope myth🌍 Mount Oita (Thessaly) mountain range in Thessaly and Phocis👤 Licymnios son of Electryon
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.7📖 Pausanias 2.23.5-2.23.6📖 Pausanias 5.1.2📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 23 Most📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 15 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 11.5 MacLeod📖 Lucian, The Passing of Peregrinos 21📖 Lucian, The Dance 50📖 Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 7📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 54📖 Diodoros, Library 4.38.1-4.38.5📖 Pomponius Mela 2.36📖 Ovid, Ibis 347-348📖 Strabo 9.4.10📖 Strabo 9.4.14📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 6📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 32📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.159-9.272📖 Spintharos FragTrag test. 1 = test. 1 Snell-Kannicht📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.139📖 Ovid, Heroides 9
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, The Passing of PeregrinosLucian, The DanceLucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the SectsPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaOvid, IbisStraboOvid, MetamorphosesLucian, Parliament of the GodsAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesSpintharosPliny, Natural HistoryOvid, Heroides
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Nicander fr. 41 Gow-Scholfield
Depictions
🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di D. Octavius Quartio II 2, 2, Pompeii (LIMC Achilleus 458; PALP r2-i2-p2-space-h)
Reported depictions
🎨 Painting of the Apotheosis of Heracles by Artemon (LIMC Herakles 2921)
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