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🌍 White Island (Pontos)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Achillea (alt. White Island)
    Information
    in Black Sea
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226677
    Identified with
    🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)
    Cult site of
    👤 Achilles
    Place of burial of
    👤 Achilles
    Ruled by
    👤 Achilles
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles (White Island)
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Temple of Achilles (Pontos) 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles (White Island)
    Related entities
    🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)👤 Achilles👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Aias (the greater)👤 Aias (the lesser)👤 Antilochos (Pylian)👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon)👤 Helen👤 Thetis👤 Artemis👤 Iphigeneia🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles (White Island)🌍 White Island (Pontos)🏛️ the Temple of Achilles (Pontos)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 541-548📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13📖 Proclos, Chrestomathy Aithiopis📖 Pindar, Nemean 4 44-72📖 Strabo 7.3.16📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 27📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 68.4📖 Euripides, Andromache 1226-1288📖 Conon, Narrations 18📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.83📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.93
    Mentioned in text
    Dionysios, PeriegesisPausaniasProclos, ChrestomathyPindar, Nemean 4StraboAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesPs-Scylax, PeriplousEuripides, AndromacheConon, NarrationsPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    AithiopisNicander
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Aithiopis Argumentum 4 West📖 Nicander fr. 58 Gow-Scholfield
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Croton (Italy)🌍 Himera (Sicily)
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