- Alternative names
- Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
- Information
- sanctuary of Apollo on island in the Aegean
- Alternative name
- π Asteria (alt. Delos) βπ Ortygia (alt. Delos)
- Identified with
π Ortygia (unlocatable) unlocatable location associated with Eos, the birth place of Artemis
Callimachus, AetiaCallimachusGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Callimachus
- Cult site of
- π€ Anios (Delian) βπ€ Apollo βπ€ Eileithyia
- Place of birth of
- π€ Apollo βπ€ Artemis
- Place of death of
- π€ Opis βπ€ Hecaerge βπ€ the Serpent of Hera βπ€ Loxo βπ€ Thasos (Delian)
- Place of burial of
- π€ Aias (the lesser)
- Created by
π€ Poseidon Olympian god
Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian
- Games established by
π€ Theseus Athenian hero
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Plutarch, TheseusMythography & HistoriographyPlutarch
- Named by
π€ Leto mother of Artemis and Apollo
D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)
- Personification
- π€ Delos
- Ruled by
π€ Anios (Delian) son of Apollo and Rhoio, father of the Oinotropoi
Ovid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Relics preserved on site
- πΊ the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite (Daidalian) βποΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)βποΈ the Palm Tree (Delos)
- Encompases
- π River Inopos (Delos)βποΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)βποΈ the Temple of Apollo at DelosβποΈ the Altar of Horns at Delosβπ Mount Cynthos (Delos) βποΈ the Palm Tree (Delos) βποΈ the Altar of Apollo at DelosβποΈ the Sacred Lake (Delos)
- Related Entities
- π€ Agamemnon βπ€ Aiacos βπ€ Aias (the lesser) βπ€ Aineias βπ€ Amphitrite βπ€ Anchises (Trojan) βπ€ Anios (Delian) βπ€ Aphrodite βπ€ Apollo βπΊ the Argo βπ₯ the Argonauts βπ€ Ariadne βπ€ Artemis βπ€ Asteria (eponym) βπ₯ the Charites βπ€ Cocalos βπ€ Daidalos βπ€ Dione (Titan) βπ€ Dionysos (Olympian) βπ€ Eileithyia βπ€ Eos βπ€ Erysichthon (s. of Cecrops) βπ€ Ge βπ€ Hera βπ€ Ouranos βπ€ Poseidon βπ€ Rhea βπ€ Themis βπ€ Zeus (Olympian) βπ€ Iris βπ€ Jason (Argonaut) βπ€ Lachesis βπ Athens (Attica) βπ Crete (island) βπ Naxos (island) βπ Lemnos (island) βπ the Acropolis of Athensβπ€ Theseus βπ€ Orion (hunter) βπ€ Palamedes βπ€ Pan (god) βπ€ Icaros βπ₯ the Muses βπ€ Leto βπ€ Minos βπ€ Niobe (Theban) βπ€ Odysseus βπ₯ the Oinotrophoi βπ€ Opis βπ€ Styx (Oceanid) βπ₯ the Greek Contingent at Troy βπ€ Thetis βπ€ Triton (sea god) βποΈ the Labyrinth (Knossos) βπΊ the Wings of Daidalos βπΊ the Lyre of Apollo βπ Cape Geraistos (Euboia) βπ the Icarian Sea βπ Mount Ida (Troad) βπ Troy (Troad) βπ Lesbos (island) βπ Phocaia (Ionia) βπ Colophon (Ionia) βπ Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) βπ Antandros (Troad) βπ Lycia (SW Asia Minor) βπ Boiotia βπ Euboia (island) βπ Thrace (N. Greece) βπ Arcadia βπ Cos (island) βπ Rhoiteion (Troad) βπ Scyros (island) βπ Mount Haimos (Thrace) βπ River Nile (Egypt) βπ Seriphos (island) βπ the Echinades (islands) βπ Thebes (Boiotia) βπ Attica βπ Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) βπ Delphi (Phocis) βπ Mount Pelion (Thessaly) βπ Mount Olympos (N. Greece) βπ Paros (island) βπ Sicily (island) βπ Mount Caucasos (Pontos) βπ Lydia (Asia Minor) βπ Ephesos (Asia Minor) βπ Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) βπ Mount Oita (Thessaly) βπ Samos (island) βπ River Styx (Underworld) βπ₯ the Pelasgians βπ Myconos (island) βπ Asteria (alt. Delos) βπ Delos (island) βπ Chios (island) βπ the Land of the Hyperboreans βπ Mount Aitna (Sicily) βπ Thessaly βπ Mount Parnassos (Phocis) βπ Mount Ossa (Thessaly) βπ Andros (island) βπ Mount Mimas (Ionia) βπ Cape Sounion (Attica)βπ River Anauros (Thessaly) βπ Corcyra (island) βπ Anaphe (island) βπ Aigina (island) βπ Icaria (island) βπ River Asopos (Boiotia) βπ Miletos (Asia Minor) βπ Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) βπ₯ the Children of Niobe βπ River Ismenos (Thebes) βπ Samothrace (island) βπ River Parthenios (Paphlagonia) βπ Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) βπ Mount Mycale (Caria) βπ₯ the Tyrrhenian Pirates βπ River Xanthos (Lycia) βπ Chalcis (Euboia) βπ Helice (Achaia) βπ Amyclai (Laconia) βπ Pheneos (Arcadia) βπ Crapathos (island) βπ Cos (city) βπ the Calymnian Islands (Sporades) βπ River Peneios (Thessaly) βπ€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) βπ Claros (Ionia) βπ the Cyclades Islands βπ Mount Helicon (Boiotia) βπ€ Eros βπ Mount Othrys (Thessaly) βπ₯ the Olympian Godsβπ Imbros (island) βπ€ Anchises (Sicyonian) βπ€ Abaris (Hyperborean) βπ€ Achaeia βπ Tenos (island) βπ€ Hecaerge βπ River Inopos (Delos)βπ Boura (Achaia) βπ Achaia (Peloponnese) βπ₯ the Hyperboreans βπΊ the Statue of Eileithyia βποΈ the Temple of Eileithyia at Athensβπ Agrai (Attica) βπ Malis (Thessaly) βπ the Aegean Seaβπ Larisa (Thessaly) βπ the Saronic Gulf βπ Calaureia (island) βπ Ortygia (island) βπ Hybla Gereatis (Sicily) βπ€ Olen βπ Tempe (Thessaly) βπ€ Hierophile βπ Mount Corycos (Ionia) βπ Cyrene (Libya) βπ Aigai (Achaia) βπΊ the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite (Daidalian) βποΈ the Olive Tree (Delos)βπ₯ the Final Athenian Tribute βπ Ortygia (unlocatable) βπ River Helicon (Macedonia) βποΈ the Temple of Apollo at DelosβποΈ the Altar of Horns at Delosβπ Xanthos (Lycia) βπ Mount Cynthos (Delos) βπ Eiresiai (unlocatable) βπ Peparethos (island) βπ Autocane (Ionia) βπ Mount Aisagee (unlocatable) βπ Rhenaia (island) βπ€ Delos βπ the Lelantine Plain (Euboia)βπ Pagasai (Thessaly) βποΈ the Palm Tree (Delos) βποΈ the Altar of Apollo at Delosβπ₯ the Arimaspians βπΊ the Chariot of Heliosβπ€ Dorippe βπ Ceos (island) βπ€ Branchos (Milesian) βπ the Sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis at Didyma (Asia Minor)βπ€ the Serpent of Hera βπ River Strophie βπ Mount Pindos (Thessaly) βπ River Pactolos (Lydia) βπ€ Loxo βπ Ira βπ€ Hesperos (personification) βπ Cnidos (Asia Minor) βπ€ Acontios (Naxian) βπ Ioulis (Ceos) βπ€ Cydippe (Naxian) βπ the Rhipean Mountains (unlocatable) βπ Ortygia (alt. Delos) βπ Mount Dindymon (near Cyzicos) βπ Mount Rhodope (Thrace) βπ the Taurus Mountains βπ€ Ascanios (s. of Aineias) βπ the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros) βπ the Alps βπ€ Thasos (Delian) βπ₯ the Horses of Helios βπ Mount Eryx (Sicily) βπ the Apennine Mountains βπ₯ the Companions of Aineias βπ Latium (Italy) βπ€ Acoetes βπΊ the Ships of Aineias βπ€ Aeneas Silvius βπ Lebinthos (island) βποΈ Spring Melite (Lycia) βποΈ the Sacred Lake (Delos) βπ€ Andros βπ Acte (Chalcidice) βπΊ the Mixing Bowl of Anios βπ Siphnos (island) βπ Gyaros (island)βπ Astypalaia (Aegean) βπ Cimolos (Aegean) βπ Oliaros (Aegean) βπ Didyme (Aegean)
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Library 1.4.1βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.4.4βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 373-407βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 569-591βπ Pausanias 1.18.5βπ Pausanias 1.19.6βπ Pausanias 1.31.2βπ Pausanias 1.43.4βπ Pausanias 8.23.5βπ Plutarch, Theseus 21.1βπ Homer, Odyssey 6.160-6.188βπ Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 1-18βπ Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 25-49βπ Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 50-90βπ Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 91-126βπ Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 179-181βπ Dionysios, Periegesis 520-530βπ Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10βπ Pausanias 8.48.2-8.48.3βπ Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8βπ Plutarch, Theseus 21.1-21.2βπ Sophocles, Aias 693-730βπ Cypria fr. 26 Westβπ Bacchylides, Odes 3βπ Bacchylides, Odes 11βπ Bacchylides fr. 1aβπ Bacchylides fr. 65βπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 9.1-9.2 MacLeodβπ Lucian, On Sacrifices 10βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 55-68βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 11-27βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 28-54βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-205βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 196-214βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 249-274βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 300-315βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 18 Harderβπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 35 Harderβπ Lucian, The Double Indictment 1βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 67 Harderβπ Lucian, The Dance 38βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 186 Harderβπ Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 1-16βπ Pindar, Pythian 1 29-40βπ Pindar, Pythian 9 1-70βπ Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18βπ Timocreon fr. 727 PMGβπ Pindar, Isthmian 1 1-40βπ Pindar fr. 33a-d Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 52b Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 52e Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 52h Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 52m Snell-Maehlerβπ Diodoros, Library 2.47.1-2.47.6βπ Pindar fr. 140a Snell-Maehlerβπ Pomponius Mela 3.37βπ D-Scholia, Iliad 1.9βπ Strabo 8.6.14βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.146-6.203βπ Strabo 10.5.2βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.313-6.381βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.438-1.552βπ Ovid, Ibis 477-478βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-3.733βπ Vergil, Eclogues 7βπ Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75 Harderβπ Callimachus, Iambi 4 Pfeiffer = fr. 194-194a Pfeifferβπ Callimachus, Iambi 12 = fr. 202-202a Pfeifferβπ Callimachus, Lyric Poems fr. 229 Pfeifferβπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.183-8.259βπ Callimachus fr. 733 Pfeifferβπ Callimachus fr. 664 Pfeifferβπ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 35βπ Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 151-215βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-13.674βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.675-13.704βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.705-13.749βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453-7.500βπ Pliny, Natural History 4.89-4.91ββοΈ Hymn to Apollo by Limenios at the Athenian Treasury at Delphi (Delphi 489; PHI 239435; PHI 238501)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryβDionysios, PeriegesisβLycophron, AlexandraβHomer, Odysseyβ CypriaβPlutarch, TheseusβPausaniasβPindarβ Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloβSophocles, AiasβStraboβBacchylides, OdesβBacchylidesβCallimachus, AetiaβLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsβLucian, On SacrificesβCallimachus, Hymn to ApolloβCallimachus, Hymn to DelosβLucian, The Double IndictmentβLucian, The DanceβPindar, Pythian 1βPindar, Pythian 9βPindar, Nemean 1βTimocreonβPindar, Isthmian 1βDiodoros, LibraryβAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesβPomponius MelaβD-Scholia, IliadβOvid, IbisβCallimachusβOvid, MetamorphosesβVergil, EcloguesβVergil, GeorgicsβCallimachus, IambiβCallimachus, Lyric PoemsβSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosβPliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Olenβπ Melanopos unnumbered fr.βπ Pindar fr. 33a-d Snell-Maehlerβπ Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 150βπ Xenomedes of Ceos fr. 1 Fowlerβπ Nicander, Metamorphoses fr. 61 Gow-Scholfieldβπ Menecrates of Xanthos FGrHist 769 fr. 2
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- π Delos (island) βπ Alexandria (Troad)
- Reported to have local traditions about
- π€ Apollo βπ€ Artemis βπ€ Eileithyia βπ€ Leto βπ River Nile (Egypt) βπ Delos (island) βπ the Land of the Hyperboreans βπ River Inopos (Delos)βπ€ Hierophile
- Local traditions reported by
- π Pausanias 1.18.5βπ Pausanias 2.5.3βπ Pausanias 10.12.1-10.12.8