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🌍 Assyria

📖 Pausanias 8.20.1-8.20.4 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.4.1-2.6.10
Information
region
Pleiades
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29492
Identified with
🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia
Place of death of
👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos, one of the Epigonoi
Place of burial of
👤 Typhon son of Ge
Settled by
👤 Mopsos (Ionian) son of Manto, prophet
Settled from
🌍 Claros (Ionia) city and oracle of Apollo on coast of Asia Minor
Eponym
👤 Syros son of Apollo, eponym of Syria
Ruled by
👤 Theias king of the Assyrians👤 Syros son of Apollo, eponym of Syria👤 Casios ruler of Syria and eponym of Mt Casios according to Euhemerus👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon👤 Teutamos ruler of Asia at the time of the Trojan War👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) father of Andromeda
Conquered by
👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy👤 Second Queen of the Amazons described in Diodoros' account as extending the Amazons' kingdom
Relics preserved on site
🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Semiramis
Related entities
👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) son of Zeus and Io👤 Io transformed into a cow🌍 Byblos (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Naxos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Egypt region in North Africa🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Icaria (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Mount Cybela mountain in Phrygia🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Edonia territory of the Edonoi / Edones👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) Phocian or Athenian husband of Procris, abducted by Eos👤 Eos personification of the dawn👤 Sandocos son of Astynoos🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Celenderis (Cilicia) city in Cilicia👤 Theias king of the Assyrians👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess🌍 Paphos (Cyprus) city on Cyprus🌍 Ascalon (the Levant) a Phoenician city in the Levant👤 Memnon son of Eos and Tithonos, leader of the Ethiopian contingent at Troy👥 the Ethiopian Contingent at Troy (defenders) defends Troy against the Greek attack🌍 Susa (Persia) city in Asia Minor, capital of Persian Empire👤 Syros son of Apollo, eponym of Syria🌍 Cythera (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Eryx (Sicily) city in Sicily🌍 Tauris (Pontos) peninsula in the north of the Black Sea, modern Crimean peninsula🌍 Lesbos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia🌍 Arabia region in south-eastern Aegean👤 Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) river in Lydia👤 Adonis son of Smyrna🌍 the Land of the Eremboi unlocatable location in North Africa, sometimes identified with Arabia👤 Mopsos (Ionian) son of Manto, prophet🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant🌍 Claros (Ionia) city and oracle of Apollo on coast of Asia Minor🌍 Pamphylia region of Asia Minor🌍 the Tauros Mountains (Lycia)👤 Amphilochos (epigonos) son of Amphiaraos, one of the Epigonoi👤 Apollo Olympian god👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Typhon son of Ge🌍 the Land of the Arimoi (unlocatable) unlocatable region, associated with Typhon🌍 Cilicia (Troad) region in the Troad according to Homer, Iliad 6👤 Casios ruler of Syria and eponym of Mt Casios according to Euhemerus👤 Lycabas (Assyrian) companion of Phineus and lover of Athis in Ovid Met 5👤 Ninos (Babylonian) mythical king of Babylon🌍 Cyprus (island) island in the Aegean🌍 River Indos (India) river in India🌍 Bactria region in central Asia👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto👤 Stabrobates king of India🌍 Persia region in Asia🌍 Babylonia region in Mesopotamia👤 Teutamos ruler of Asia at the time of the Trojan War🌍 Thrace (Pontic) Trojan allies' homeland👤 Second Queen of the Amazons described in Diodoros' account as extending the Amazons' kingdom🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Semiramis👤 Andromeda wife of Perseus👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) father of Andromeda🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.1-3.5.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.14.4📖 Pausanias 1.14.7📖 Diodoros, Library 2.22.1-2.22.5📖 Diodoros, Library 4.72.1-4.72.2📖 Diodoros, Library 5.77.1-5.77.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11📖 Lucian, The Dance 58📖 Strabo 16.4.27📖 Strabo 14.4.3📖 Strabo 14.5.16-14.5.17📖 Strabo 13.4.6📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4📖 Diodoros, Library 2.16.1-2.19.10📖 Diodoros, Library 2.45.1-2.46.6📖 Pliny, Natural History 33.51📖 Pliny, Natural History 6.182
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasDiodoros, LibraryLucian, The DanceStraboOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 4 Rusten📖 Poseidonios fr. 281a Edelstein & Kidd📖 Homer, Iliad 2.780-2.785📖 Euhemerus test. 63 Winiarczyk
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean
Reported to have local traditions about
👤 Daphne (nymph) desired by Apollo, daughter of various river gods🌍 Daphne (Antioch) luxurious grove in Antioch👤 Derceto Syrian goddess👤 Semiramis Eastern goddess, daughter of Derceto🌍 Ascalon (the Levant) a Phoenician city in the Levant
Local traditions reported by
📖 Pausanias 8.20.1-8.20.4 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.1.1-2.3.4 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.4.1-2.6.10
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