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🌍 Eleutherai (Attica/Boiotia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11301102" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11301102">📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6</span>
  • Information
    city on Boiotia - Attica border
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540756
    Cult site of
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Melanthos (Athenian) son of Andropompos
    Place of birth of
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Amphion (Theban) son of Zeus and Antiope, husband of Niobe👤 Zethos son of Antiope, brother of Amphion
    Founded by
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tombs of the Fighters with the Seven against Thebes (Eleutherai) near Eleutherai
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Cave of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai) 🏛️ the Spring of Amphion and Zethos (Eleutherai) 🏛️ the Temple of Dionysos Melanthides (Eleutherai?)
    Related entities
    👤 Amphion (Theban) son of Zeus and Antiope, husband of Niobe👤 Antiope (Theban) daughter of Nycteus, mother of Zethos and Amphion👤 Zethos son of Antiope, brother of Amphion👤 Mnemosyne Titan, personification of Memory👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Pegasos (Attic) of Eleutherai, introduced Dionysos to the Athenians🌍 the Sanctuary of Dionysos at Athens near the Theater of Dionysos🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Sicyon (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Lamedon Sicyonian king, son of Coronos👤 Theseus Athenian hero🏛️ the Tombs of the Fighters with the Seven against Thebes (Eleutherai) near Eleutherai🌍 Oinoe (Attica/Boiotia) city on border between Attica and Boiotia, near Eleutherai👤 Eleuther son of Apollo👤 Melanthos (Athenian) son of Andropompos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📖 Hesiod, Theogony 53-62📖 Pausanias 1.2.5📖 Pausanias 2.6.1-2.6.4📖 Plutarch, Theseus 29.4-29.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.2.1-4.2.6📖 Strabo 8.6.16📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 85 Hollis
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasPlutarch, TheseusDiodoros, LibraryStraboCallimachus, Hecale
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Euripides fr. 179 Collard-Cropp
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Terracotta (?) Statue (?) of Pegasos of Eleutherai from Athens (Not Extant)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Eleutherai (Attica/Boiotia) city on Boiotia - Attica border
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Eleutherai (Attica/Boiotia) city on Boiotia - Attica border
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Diodoros, Library 3.66.1-3.66.6
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