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🌍 Sestos (Hellespont)

  • <div data-attribute_names="[]"><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="9650165" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_9650165">Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11304347" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11304347">Pomponius Mela<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11310632" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11310632">Servius, <span style="font-style: italic;">Scholia on Georgics</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11292578" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11292578">Strabo<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></div>
  • Information
    city on the Hellespont
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501609
    In
    🌍 Chersonesos (Thrace)
    Cult site of
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 the Maiden of Sestos (name unknown) has tomb and cult site with Zeus at Sestos
    Place of death of
    👤 Hero lover of Leander👤 the Maiden of Sestos (name unknown) has tomb and cult site with Zeus at Sestos
    Place of burial of
    👤 the Maiden of Sestos (name unknown) has tomb and cult site with Zeus at Sestos
    Ruled by
    👤 Priam king of Troy
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tower of Hero (Sestos) on the Hellespont🏛️ the Tomb of the Maiden (Sestos)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Tower of Hero (Sestos)  🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus and the Maiden (Sestos) 🏛️ the Tomb of the Maiden (Sestos)
    Mentioned in Text
    Homer, IliadPomponius MelaServius, Scholia on GeorgicsStrabo
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