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🌍 Delos (island)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10149246" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10149246">πŸ“– Pausanias 1.18.5</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10157799" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10157799">πŸ“– Pausanias 2.5.3</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291442" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291442">πŸ“– Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8</span>
  • Alternative name
    🌍 Asteria (alt. Delos) β€‚πŸŒ Ortygia (alt. Delos)
    Information
    sanctuary of Apollo on island in the Aegean
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173148
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599588
    Identified with
    🌍 Ortygia (unlocatable)
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ EileithyiaπŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ Anios (Delian)πŸ‘€ Artemis
    Place of birth of
    πŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ ArtemisπŸ‘€ Anios (Delian)
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ HecaergeπŸ‘€ LoxoπŸ‘€ OpisπŸ‘€ the Serpent of HeraπŸ‘€ Thasos (Delian)
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Aias (the lesser)
    Transformed from
    πŸ‘€ Asteria (eponym)
    Created by
    πŸ‘€ Poseidon
    Games established by
    πŸ‘€ Theseus
    Personification
    πŸ‘€ Delos
    Named by
    πŸ‘€ Leto
    Ruled by
    πŸ‘€ Anios (Delian)πŸ‘€ Rhadamanthys
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)πŸ›οΈ the Palm Tree (Delos)🏺 the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite (Daidalian)
    Encompasses
    🌍 River Inopos (Delos)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Apollo at Delosβ€‚πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Horns at Delosβ€‚πŸŒ Mount Cynthos (Delos) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Palm Tree (Delos) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Apollo at Delosβ€‚πŸ›οΈ the Sacred Lake (Delos) β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Temple of Artemis at Delos
    Related entities
    🌍 Asteria (alt. Delos)πŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ ArtemisπŸ‘€ HeraπŸ‘€ LetoπŸ‘€ AphroditeπŸ‘€ EosπŸ‘€ Orion (hunter)🌍 the Cyclades IslandsπŸ‘€ Asteria (eponym)πŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian)πŸ‘₯ the OinotrophoiπŸ‘€ Eileithyia🌍 the Land of the HyperboreansπŸ‘€ Erysichthon (s. of Cecrops)🏺 the Statue of EileithyiaπŸ›οΈ the Temple of Eileithyia at Athens🌍 Agrai (Attica)🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 the Aegean SeaπŸ‘€ OpisπŸ‘€ HecaergeπŸ‘€ AchaeiaπŸ‘€ Theseus🌍 Delphi (Phocis)🌍 Claros (Ionia)πŸ‘€ HierophileπŸ‘€ OdysseusπŸ›οΈ the Palm Tree (Delos)πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Apollo at DelosπŸ›οΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)🌍 Crete (island)πŸ‘€ Olen🌍 River Inopos (Delos)🌍 Mount Cynthos (Delos)🌍 Naxos (island)🌍 Lemnos (island)🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 Lesbos (island)🌍 Phocaia (Ionia)🌍 Euboia (island)🌍 Scyros (island)🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)🌍 Paros (island)🌍 Samos (island)🌍 Chios (island)🌍 Mount Mimas (Ionia)🌍 Aigina (island)🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor)🌍 Samothrace (island)🌍 Mount Mycale (Caria)🌍 Crapathos (island)🌍 Cos (city)🌍 Imbros (island)🌍 Mount Corycos (Ionia)🌍 Aigai (Achaia)🌍 Eiresiai (unlocatable)🌍 Peparethos (island)🌍 Autocane (Ionia)🌍 Mount Aisagee (unlocatable)🌍 Rhenaia (island)🌍 Cnidos (Asia Minor)🌍 Acte (Chalcidice)πŸ‘€ GeπŸ‘€ OuranosπŸ‘€ Styx (Oceanid)🌍 River Styx (Underworld)πŸ‘€ DelosπŸ‘€ AmphitriteπŸ‘€ Dione (Titan)πŸ‘€ RheaπŸ‘€ ThemisπŸ‘€ Iris🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)🌍 Lycia (SW Asia Minor)🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)🌍 the Icarian SeaπŸ‘€ Anios (Delian)πŸ‘€ DorippeπŸ‘₯ the Greek Contingent at Troy🌍 Rhoiteion (Troad)πŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ PalamedesπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)πŸ‘₯ the Muses🌍 River Helicon (Macedonia)πŸ‘€ PoseidonπŸ‘€ Triton (sea god)πŸ‘€ the Serpent of Hera🌍 Cape Sounion (Attica)🌍 Chalcis (Euboia)🌍 the Saronic Gulf🌍 Boiotia🌍 Arcadia🌍 Cos (island)🌍 the Echinades (islands)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia)🌍 Thessaly🌍 River Anauros (Thessaly)🌍 Corcyra (island)🌍 River Asopos (Boiotia)🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes)🌍 Helice (Achaia)🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia)🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia)🌍 Boura (Achaia)🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese)🌍 Larisa (Thessaly)🌍 Tempe (Thessaly)🌍 River Strophie🏺 the Lyre of Apollo🌍 River Pactolos (Lydia)🌍 the Lelantine Plain (Euboia)πŸ‘₯ the ArimaspiansπŸ‘€ Loxo🌍 Ira🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros)🌍 Xanthos (Lycia)🏺 the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite (Daidalian)πŸ›οΈ the Labyrinth (Knossos)πŸ‘₯ the Final Athenian TributeπŸ‘€ Hesperos (personification)🏺 the ArgoπŸ‘₯ the ArgonautsπŸ‘€ Jason (Argonaut)🌍 Pagasai (Thessaly)🌍 Ortygia (unlocatable)🌍 Colophon (Ionia)🌍 the Sanctuary and Oracle of Apollo at Didyma (Asia Minor)πŸ‘€ Acontios (Cean)🌍 Ioulis (Ceos)πŸ‘€ Cydippe (Naxian)πŸ‘₯ the PelasgiansπŸ‘₯ the Hyperboreans🌍 Malis (Thessaly)🌍 the Rhipean Mountains (unlocatable)🌍 Ortygia (alt. Delos)🌍 Cape Geraistos (Euboia)🌍 Ortygia (island)🌍 Ceos (island)πŸ‘₯ the Olympian GodsπŸ‘₯ the CharitesπŸ‘€ LachesisπŸ‘€ Phorbas (Thessalian)🌍 Rhodes (island)πŸ‘€ Staphylos (Argonaut)πŸ‘€ RhoioπŸ‘€ Rhadamanthys🌍 Calaureia (island)πŸ‘€ Thasos (Delian)πŸ‘₯ the Tyrrhenian PiratesπŸ‘€ AcoetesπŸ‘€ Aias (the lesser)πŸ‘€ Thetis🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 the Acropolis of AthensπŸ‘€ Eros🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor)🌍 River Parthenios (Paphlagonia)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)πŸ‘€ Branchos (Milesian)πŸ‘€ CocalosπŸ‘€ DaidalosπŸ‘€ IcarosπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I)🏺 the Wings of Daidalos🌍 Icaria (island)🌍 the Calymnian Islands (Sporades)🌍 Lebinthos (island)🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia)πŸ›οΈ Spring Melite (Lycia)πŸ‘€ AndrosπŸ‘€ AineiasπŸ‘€ Anchises (Trojan)🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Antandros (Troad)🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)πŸ‘€ Ascanios (s. of Aineias)πŸ‘₯ the Companions of Aineias🌍 Latium (Italy)🏺 the Mixing Bowl of AniosπŸ‘€ Anchises (Sicyonian)πŸ‘€ Aeneas Silvius🏺 the Ships of AineiasπŸ‘€ Aiacos🌍 Seriphos (island)🌍 Myconos (island)🌍 Andros (island)🌍 Anaphe (island)🌍 Tenos (island)🌍 Siphnos (island)🌍 Gyaros (island)🌍 Astypalaia (Aegean)🌍 Cimolos (Aegean)🌍 Oliaros (Aegean)🌍 Didyme (Aegean)πŸ‘€ Abaris (Hyperborean)πŸ‘€ Mother of Cydippe (name unknown)🌍 Delos (island)🌍 River Nile (Egypt)πŸ›οΈ the Altar of Horns at DelosπŸ›οΈ the Sacred Lake (Delos)πŸ‘€ AriadneπŸ‘€ Niobe (Theban)🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace)🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia)🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)🌍 Mount Oita (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis)🌍 Mount Ossa (Thessaly)πŸ‘₯ the Children of Niobe🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor)πŸ‘€ Phaethon (s. of Helios)🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly)🏺 the Chariot of Helios🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly)🌍 Mount Rhodope (Thrace)🌍 the Taurus Mountains🌍 the AlpsπŸ‘₯ the Horses of Helios🌍 Mount Eryx (Sicily)🌍 the Apennine Mountains🌍 Mount Dindymon (Bear Island)🌍 Attica
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.4.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.4.4πŸ“– Dionysios, Periegesis 520-530πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 373-407πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 569-591πŸ“– Pausanias 1.18.5πŸ“– Pausanias 1.19.6πŸ“– Pausanias 1.31.2πŸ“– Pausanias 1.43.4πŸ“– Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10πŸ“– Pausanias 8.48.2-8.48.3πŸ“– Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 6.160-6.188πŸ“– Pausanias 8.23.4-8.23.5πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 21.1πŸ“– Plutarch, Theseus 21.1-21.2πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 1-18πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 25-49πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 50-90πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 91-126πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 179-181πŸ“– Sophocles, Aias 693-730πŸ“– Bacchylides, Odes 3πŸ“– Bacchylides, Odes 11πŸ“– Bacchylides fr. 1aπŸ“– Bacchylides fr. 65πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 9.1-9.2 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, On Sacrifices 10πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 11-27πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 28-54πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-205πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 249-274πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 300-315πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 18 HarderπŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 1πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 67 HarderπŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 38πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 186 HarderπŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 1-16πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 55-68πŸ“– Pindar, Pythian 1 29-40πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 196-214πŸ“– Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70πŸ“– Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18πŸ“– Timocreon fr. 727 PMGπŸ“– Pindar, Isthmian 1 1-40πŸ“– Pindar fr. 33a-d Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Pindar fr. 52b Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Pindar fr. 52e Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Pindar fr. 52h Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Pindar fr. 52m Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Diodoros, Library 2.47.1-2.47.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.58.1-5.58.5πŸ“– Pomponius Mela 3.37πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.62.1-5.63.3πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.77.1-5.77.8πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.79.1-5.79.4πŸ“– Pindar fr. 140a Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 1.9πŸ“– Strabo 8.6.14πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.146-6.203πŸ“– Strabo 10.5.2πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.313-6.381πŸ“– Ovid, Ibis 477-478πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.438-1.552πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-3.733πŸ“– Vergil, Eclogues 7πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 13.66πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39βš’οΈ Hymn to Apollo by Limenios at the Athenian Treasury at Delphi (Delphi 489; PHI 239435; PHI 238501)πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75 HarderπŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi 4 Pfeiffer = fr. 194-194a PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi 12 = fr. 202-202a PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus, Lyric Poems fr. 229 PfeifferπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.183-8.259πŸ“– Callimachus fr. 733 PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus fr. 664 PfeifferπŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 35πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-13.674πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.675-13.704πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.705-13.749πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453-7.500πŸ“– Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 151-215πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 4.89-4.91πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 4πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 21
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryDionysios, PeriegesisLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, OdysseyPlutarch, Theseus Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloSophocles, AiasBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, On SacrificesCallimachus, Hymn to DelosCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The Double IndictmentLucian, The DanceCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloPindar, Pythian 1Pindar, Pythian 9Pindar, Nemean 1TimocreonPindar, Isthmian 1PindarDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaD-Scholia, IliadStraboOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, IbisVergil, EcloguesVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, IambiCallimachus, Lyric PoemsCallimachusAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosPliny, Natural HistoryOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    OlenMelanopos CypriaZeno of RhodesEphorosPindarCallimachus, AetiaHomer, OdysseyNicanderMenecrates of Xanthos
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– OlenπŸ“– Melanopos unnumbered fr.πŸ“– Cypria fr. 26 WestπŸ“– Zeno of Rhodes BNJ 523 fr. 1πŸ“– Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 150πŸ“– Pindar fr. 33a-d Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 35 HarderπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 4.475-4.511πŸ“– Nicander fr. 61 Gow-ScholfieldπŸ“– Menecrates of Xanthos FGrHist 769 fr. 2
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Delos (island)🌍 Alexandria (Troad)🌍 Crete (island)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    πŸ‘€ EileithyiaπŸ‘€ Leto🌍 Delos (island)🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans🌍 River Nile (Egypt)🌍 River Inopos (Delos)πŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ ArtemisπŸ‘€ Hierophile
    Local traditions reported by
    πŸ“– Pausanias 1.18.5β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 2.5.3β€‚πŸ“– Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8
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