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🌍 Miletos (Crete)

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  • Information
    city on Crete
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589932
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Founded by
    👤 Miletos eponym of Miletos, from Crete, son of Apollo TWG ()
    Founded from
    🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean
    Settled by
    👤 Neileus (Ionian) leader in the Ionian migration, son of Codros sometimes associated with Pylos rather than Athens TWG +5 (🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland)👥 the Sons of Codros founders of cities in Ionia TWG +5 (🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland)
    Settled from
    🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
    Eponym
    👤 Miletos eponym of Miletos, from Crete, son of Apollo TWG ()
    Related entities
    🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean👥 the Cretan Contingent at Troy (attackers) part of the Greek contingent TWG ()🌍 Gortyna (Crete) city in Crete🌍 Knossos (Crete) city in Crete🌍 Lyctos (Crete) city on Crete🌍 Lycastos (Crete) city on Crete🌍 Phaistos (Crete) city on Crete🌍 Rhytion (Crete) city on Crete👤 Pandareos punished by the gods TWG -4 ()🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia👤 Aedon daughter of Pandareos, transformed into a nightingale👤 Sarpedon (Lycian) son of Zeus and Europa or Laodameia, leader of the Lycia contingent at Troy TWG ()🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor👤 Miletos eponym of Miletos, from Crete, son of Apollo TWG ()🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia) river in Lycia, not in the Troad🌍 Mount Cragos (Lycia) mountain in Lycia👤 Byblis daughter of Miletos, sister of Caunos TWG +1 ()👤 Caunos son of Miletos, brother of Byblis🌍 Mount Chimaira (E. Lycia) mountain associated with the Chimaira in some sources🌍 Limyra (Lycia) city in Lycia🌍 Bybassos (Caria) city in Caria🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica👤 Neileus (Ionian) leader in the Ionian migration, son of Codros sometimes associated with Pylos rather than Athens TWG +5 (🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland)👥 the Sons of Codros founders of cities in Ionia TWG +5 (🌍 Attica region of the Greek mainland)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Homer, Iliad 2.645-2.652📖 Pausanias 10.30.1-10.30.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.518-19.529📖 Strabo 14.1.6📖 Strabo 12.8.5📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.394-9.449📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.450-9.665📖 Conon, Narrations 47
    Mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadPausaniasHomer, OdysseyStraboOvid, MetamorphosesConon, Narrations
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Ephoros
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 127
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