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- region in central Greece
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Penelope 👤 Alyzos 👤 Leucadios
- Settled by
👤 Acarnan (eponym) son of Alcmaion
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Amphoteros (s. of Alcmaion) son of Alcmaion
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Icarios (Spartan) father of Penelope
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Settled from
🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) region in northern Greece
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Eponym
👤 Acarnan (eponym) son of Alcmaion
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasStraboStraboEphorosEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia
- Ruled by
👤 Icarios (Spartan) father of Penelope
AlcmaionidEpicGreekEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Leucadios son of Icarios
AlcmaionidEpicGreekEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Alyzos son of Icarios
AlcmaionidEpicGreekEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy
Homer, IliadEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Homer, OdysseyStraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) Phocian or Athenian husband of Procris, abducted by Eos
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Laertes Argonaut, Calydonian Boar hunter, father of Odysseus
Homer, OdysseyEpicHomerGreekGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos and Eriphyle, one of the Epigonoi
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia
ThucydidesThucydidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos, one of the Epigonoi
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)ThucydidesMythography & HistoriographyThucydidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
- Conquered by
👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos and Eriphyle, one of the Epigonoi
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia
👤 Diomedes (Argive I) son of Tydeus, leader of the Argos contingent at Troy
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)EphorosMythography & HistoriographyEphorosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)🌍 Cyme Phriconis (Ionia) city in Ionia
👤 Icarios (Spartan) father of Penelope
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Thestios (Aitolian) son of Ares or Agenor, father of Leda
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Acarnan (eponym) 👤 Aitolos (eponym) 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) 👤 Amphoteros (s. of Alcmaion) 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👥 the Couretes (Aitolians) 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Icarios (Spartan) 👤 Laertes 👤 Penelope 👤 Odysseus 👤 Thestios (Aitolian) 👤 Tyndareos 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Aitolia 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Euboia (island) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 the Taphian Islands 🌍 Naupactos (Ozolian Locris) 🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) 🌍 Same (island) 🌍 Zacynthos (island) 👥 the Teleboans 👤 Carnos 🌍 Crocyleia (Ithaca) 🌍 Aigilips (Ithaca) 👥 the Leleges of Argos 👤 Mentes (Taphian) 👤 Alyzos 👤 Leucadios 🌍 Cape Leucas (Acarnania) 👤 Polycaste (Acarnanian)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.7 📖 Alcmaionid fr. 6 Davies 📖 Pausanias 3.13.3-3.13.5 📖 Pausanias 8.24.7-8.24.10 📖 Strabo 10.2.9 📖 Strabo 10.2.10 📖 Strabo 7.7.2 📖 Strabo 7.7.7 📖 Strabo 8.6.17 📖 Strabo 10.2.24 📖 Strabo 10.2.25-10.2.26 📖 Strabo 10.3.2-10.3.4 📖 Strabo 10.3.8 📖 Strabo 10.3.6
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Alcmaionid Pausanias Strabo
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.381-1.418 📖 Homer, Odyssey 2.50-2.59 📖 Alcmaionid fr. 6 Davies 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.631-2.637 📖 Aristotle, Politeiai fr. 474 Rose 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 123b 📖 Thucydides 2.68.3 📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.80-14.108 📖 Homer, Odyssey 15.10-15.42 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 123a 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 122a ⚒️ Inscription on the Statue of Aitolos at Thermon (Not Extant) ⚒️ Inscription on the Statue of Oxylos from Elis (Not Extant)
- Reported to have local traditions about
- 👤 Acheloos (river god) 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Callirhoe (Acarnian) 🌍 the Echinades (islands)
- Local traditions reported by
- 📖 Pausanias 8.24.7-8.24.10 📖 Pausanias 8.24.7-8.24.12