- Information
- site of the Isthmian Games
- Cult site of
π€ Palaimon (god) divine identity of Melicertes
π€ Leucothea (goddess) goddess, divine identity of Ino
π₯ the Cyclopes (wall-builders)π€ Poseidon Olympian god
π€ Poseidon Olympian god
π€ Palaimon (god) divine identity of Melicertes
- Place of burial of
π€ Melicertes son of Athamas, becomes god Palaimon
π€ Glaucos (Corinthian) son of Sisyphos, mortal father of Bellerophon
π€ Melicertes son of Athamas, becomes god Palaimon
- Games established by
π€ Sisyphos son of Aiolos, king of Corinth, punished in the Underworld
π€ Theseus Athenian hero
π€ Helios personification of the sun
π€ Poseidon Olympian god
- Relics preserved on site
ποΈ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Isthmia) at Isthmia
- Encompasses
- ποΈ the Tomb of Melicertes (Isthmia) βπ the Sanctuary of Poseidon at IsthmiaβποΈ the Temple of Palaimon at Isthmia βποΈ the Tomb of Taraxippos (Isthmia) βποΈ the Altar of Poseidon at Isthmiaβπ¨ Statue Group in the Temple of Poseidon, Isthmia, dedicated by Herodes Atticus (LIMC Amphitrite 74)
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Library 3.4.3βπ Pausanias 1.44.8βπ Pausanias 8.48.2βπ Pausanias 2.1.3βπ Pausanias 2.1.6βπ Pausanias 2.15.1βπ Pausanias 6.20.19βπ Pausanias 1.44.7-1.44.8βπ Pausanias 5.2.1-5.2.5βπ Plutarch, Theseus 25.4-25.5βπ Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 22 Westβπ Bacchylides, Odes 10βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 54i Harderβπ Lucian, The Dance 42βπ Pindar fr. 5 Snell-Maehlerβπ Callimachus fr. 384 Pfeifferβπ Pliny, Natural History 7.205ββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryβPlutarch, TheseusβEumelos, CorinthiacaβPausaniasβPindarβBacchylides, OdesβCallimachus, AetiaβLucian, The DanceβCallimachusβPliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Corinth (Argolid) βπ Thebes (Boiotia) βπ Paros (island) βπ Halicarnassos (Caria) βApollodorosβPausaniasβPindarβHellanicosβPlutarchβEumelosβAndron of HalicarnassosβBacchylidesβCallimachusβLucianβPlinyβApollodoros, LibraryβPlutarch, TheseusβEumelos, CorinthiacaβPausaniasβPindarβHellanicosβAndron of HalicarnassosβBacchylides, OdesβCallimachus, AetiaβLucian, The DanceβCallimachusβPliny, Natural HistoryβGreekβLatinβEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)βLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)βEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)βMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)βLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)βEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)βMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)βGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)βGeographyβMythography & HistoriographyβEpicβAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordβΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
ΟΡίο Ξ Ξ¬ΟΞΏΟ
/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)βPindarβLucianβCallimachusβExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention