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🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos

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  • Information
    strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187890
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/854675
    Identified with
    🌍 the Land of the Cimmerians visited by Odysseus
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Io transformed into a cow
    Related entities
    👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Io transformed into a cow🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 the Ionian Sea sea between Greece and southern Italy🌍 Illyria region north of the Greek mainland🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) mountain range in Thrace🌍 the Bosporos strait connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara🌍 Scythia region north of the Black Sea🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👥 the Amazons tribe of warrior women👤 Antiope (Amazon) Amazonian wife of Theseus🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos) city and territory of the Amazons🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt🌍 Cisthene (unlocatable) home of the Gorgons and the Graiai👥 the Griffons creatures with the body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle👥 the Arimaspians race of one-eyed horsemen, encountered by Io🌍 River Plouton (unlocatable) associated with Griffons and Arimaspians, either to the North or the East👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) son of Iapetos, steals fire🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) mountain range east of the Black Sea🌍 River Hybristes (unlocatable) encountered by Io👤 Theseus Athenian hero🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) river south of the Black Sea🏛️ the Amazoneion (Athens) location at Athens, perhaps on or near the Areiopagos, where the Amazons had their camp🌍 the Land of the Cimmerians visited by Odysseus🌍 Paphlagonia (Pontos) region south of the Black Sea🌍 Cappadocia (Pontos) region south of the Black Sea🌍 Venetia (Italy) region of north-east Italy🌍 Lake Maiotis (Pontos) sea north-east of the Black Sea, modern sea of Azov
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3📖 Plutarch, Theseus 27.1-27.6📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 700-740📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 782-815📖 Diodoros, Library 4.28.1-4.28.4📖 Strabo 1.2.9📖 Strabo 3.2.12-3.2.13📖 Strabo 12.3.8📖 Strabo 12.3.26-12.3.27📖 Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1379.19-1379.40
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPlutarch, TheseusAeschylus, Prometheus BoundDiodoros, LibraryStraboEustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    HellanicosHomer, OdysseyHomer, Iliad
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Hellanicos fr. 167 Fowler📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.1-11.22📖 Homer, Iliad 2.850-2.855
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