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🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)

  • <span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="10126344" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_10126344">📖 Pausanias 3.19.6</span>
  • Information
    city and cult site in Laconia, near Sparta
    Cult site of
    👤 Apollo 👤 Cassandra 👤 Hyacinthos (Laconian)
    Place of death of
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Cassandra 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Hyacinthos (Laconian)
    Place of burial of
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Cassandra 👤 Hyacinthos (Laconian)
    Founded by
    👤 Amyclas (Laconian)
    Eponym
    👤 Amyclas (Laconian)
    Ruled by
    👤 Philonomos
    Conquered by
    👥 the Heracleidai
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Hyacinthos (Amyclai) 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Amyclai) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cassandra (Amyclai)
    Encompases
    🏛️ the Tomb of Hyacinthos (Amyclai) 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Amyclai) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cassandra (Amyclai) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo at Amyclai (Laconia)
    Related Entities
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigimios 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Amyclas (Laconian) 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Cassandra 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Deiphobos (Laconian) 👤 Eurysthenes 👤 Zeus 👤 Heracles 👤 Hilaeira 👤 Hyacinthos (Laconian) 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Pamphylos 👤 Helen 👤 Phoibe (Messenian) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Procles (Heraclid) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut) 👥 the Lacedaimon Contingent at Troy (attackers) 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Tenedos (island) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Helos (Laconia) 🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Delos (island) 👥 the Achaians 🌍 Elis (city) 🌍 River Parthenios (Paphlagonia) 🌍 Messe (Laconia) 🌍 Oitylos (Laconia) 👤 Zephyr 🌍 Augeiai (Laconia) 🌍 Pherai (Messenia) 👤 Aigeus (s. of Oiolycos) 🌍 River Cnacion (Laconia) 🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese) 🌍 Mount Taygete (Laconia/Messenia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Hyacinthos (Amyclai) 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Amyclai) 🌍 Pharis (Laconia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Cassandra (Amyclai) 👥 the Heracleidai 🌍 Ionia 🌍 Old Las (Laconia) 🌍 Mount Pindos (Thessaly) 🌍 Bryseai (Laconia) 👤 Peisandros (Spartan) 👤 Argeios (s. of Pelops)👤 Arsinoa 👤 Philonomos 🌍 the Sanctuary of Apollo at Amyclai (Laconia)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.6.2📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 535-566📖 Pausanias 3.1.3📖 Pausanias 3.12.9📖 Pausanias 3.20.6📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 985-986📖 Homer, Iliad 2.581-2.590📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 16.2 MacLeod📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 58-80📖 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📖 Pindar, Nemean 11 33-48📖 Pindar, Isthmian 7 1-19📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 132 Fowler📖 Strabo 8.5.4-8.5.5📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75 Harder
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraEuripides, Trojan WomenPausaniasPherecydes of AthensStraboCallimachus, AetiaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsPindar, Pythian 1Pindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Nemean 11Pindar, Isthmian 7Vergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 2.581-2.590📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 117
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Cassandra 👤 Alexandra (alt. Cassandra)
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 3.19.6
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