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🌍 Croton (Italy)

<span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11291189" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11291189">📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13</span>
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city in southern Italy
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452317
Cult site of
👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent
Place of death of
👤 Lacinios Italian, tries to steal Geryon's cattle👤 Croton eponym of Croton
Place of burial of
👤 Croton eponym of Croton
Eponym
👤 Croton eponym of Croton
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Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.15-6.15b📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 371-375📖 Diodoros, Library 4.24.7📖 Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 820-876📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 852-865📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 993-1010📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.1-15.59
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, EpitomeDionysios, PeriegesisDiodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraOvid, Metamorphoses
Reported to have local traditions about
👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent👤 Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'👤 Aias (the lesser) son of Oileus, leader of the Locrian contingent at Troy, 'the lesser'👤 Antilochos (Pylian) son of Nestor, Pylian fighter at Troy👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) son of Menoitios, Myrmidon fighter killed by Hector at Troy, close companion of Achilles👤 Helen Helen of Troy🌍 White Island (Pontos) in Black Sea
Local traditions reported by
📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13
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