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🌍 Hermion (Argolid)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10187214" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10187214">📖 Pausanias 2.35.4</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291335" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291335">📖 Pausanias 2.35.9-2.35.10</span>
  • Alternative names
    Hermione
    Information
    city in southern Argolid encompassing also "Old Hermion", a Mycenaean city in ruins in the historical period
    Serves as entrance to
    🌍 the Underworld
    Cult site of
    👥 the Charites 👤 Demeter 👤 Hades 👤 Isis 👤 Sarapis 👤 Helios 👤 Clymenos (Argive)
    Founded by
    👤 Hermion (Argive)
    Settled by
    👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese
    Settled from
    🌍 Argos (city)
    Eponym
    👤 Hermion (Argive)
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Stadium at Old Hermion (Argolid)
    Encompases
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chthonia at Hermion (Argolid)🌍 the Sanctuary of Clymenos at Hermion (Argolid)🌍 the Place of Clymenos (Hermion) 🌍 Lake Acherousia (Argolid)🏛️ the Stadium at Old Hermion (Argolid)
    Related Entities
    👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Cerberos (dog) 👥 the Charites 👤 Demeter 👤 Hades 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Heracles 👤 Isis 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Eleusis (Attica) 🌍 Epidauros (Argolid) 👤 Helen 👤 Persephone 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Sarapis 👥 the Argos Contingent at Troy (attackers) 👤 Helios 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Tiryns (Argolid) 🌍 Troizen (Argolid) 🌍 Hermion (Argolid) 🌍 Doris (N. Greece) 🌍 Aigina (island) 🌍 River Acheron (Underworld) 🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Asine (Argolid) 🌍 Eion (Argolid) 🌍 Mases (Argolid) 👤 Dryops (eponym) 👤 Hermion (Argive) 👤 Clymenos (Argive) 👤 Charon (boatman) 👤 Chthonia (Argive II) 👤 Chthonia (Argive I) 👥 the Dryopes 🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chthonia at Sparta⏳ the Search of Demeter for Persephone👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese 🌍 Alycos (city) 🏛️ the Stadium at Old Hermion (Argolid)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.5.1📖 Pausanias 2.35.4📖 Homer, Iliad 2.559-2.568📖 Pausanias 2.34.4-2.34.5📖 Pausanias 2.34.9-2.34.10📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most📖 Strabo 8.6.13📖 Strabo 8.6.12📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 174 Hollis📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 99 Hollis
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiStraboCallimachus, Hecale
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Aristotle fr. 482 Rose
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Argos (city)
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Cerberos (dog) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Heracles 👤 Clymenos (Argive) 👤 Chthonia (Argive I) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chthonia at Hermion (Argolid)🌍 the Sanctuary of Clymenos at Hermion (Argolid)🌍 the Place of Clymenos (Hermion)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 2.35.4📖 Pausanias 2.35.9-2.35.10
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