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🌍 Paphos (Cyprus)

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  • Information
    city on Cyprus
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22988494
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707596
    In
    🌍 Cyprus (island)
    Cult site of
    👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess
    Place of birth of
    👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess
    Founded by
    👤 Cinyras (Cypriot I) father of Adonis, king in Lesbos or Cilicia👤 Agapenor son of Ancaios, leader of the Arcadian contingent at Troy👥 the Arcadian Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent
    Founded from
    🌍 Celenderis (Cilicia) city in Cilicia🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad
    Encompasses
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaipaphos (Cyprus) 🏛️ Spring near Paphos (Cyprus)
    Related entities
    👤 Cinyras (Cypriot I) father of Adonis, king in Lesbos or Cilicia🌍 Celenderis (Cilicia) city in Cilicia👤 Agapenor son of Ancaios, leader of the Arcadian contingent at Troy🌍 Arcadia region in the Peloponnese👥 the Arcadian Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad👤 Laodice (Arcadian II) descendant of Arcadian Agapenor👤 Athena Olympian goddess🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea🏺 the Robe of Laodice dedicated at Tegea👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess🌍 Assyria region🌍 Ascalon (the Levant) a Phoenician city in the Levant🌍 Cythera (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Cyprus (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Cnidos (Cyprus) city on Cyprus🌍 Amathous (Cyprus) city in Cyprus👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias👥 the Charites personifications of grace, sometimes singular ('Charis')🏛️ the House of Anchises (Troad) on Mount Ida🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica🌍 River Nile (Egypt) river in Egypt
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.3📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 479-493📖 Pausanias 8.5.2-8.5.3📖 Pausanias 1.14.7📖 Homer, Odyssey 8.251-8.367📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 10📖 Pomponius Mela 2.102📖 Diodoros, Library 5.77.1-5.77.8📖 Strabo 14.6.3📖 Ovid, Amores 2.17📖 Strabo 8.3.8📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.519-10.559
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, OdysseyLucian, On SacrificesPomponius MelaDiodoros, LibraryStraboOvid, AmoresOvid, Metamorphoses
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Alcman
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Alcman fr. 55 PMG⚒️ Inscription on the Robe of Laodice dedicated in the Sanctuary of Athena Alea, Tegea (Not Extant)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean
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