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🌍 Nysa (India)

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  • Information
    city in India
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60594
    Somewhere in or near
    🌍 India
    Identified with
    🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable) unlocatable mountain associated with Dionysos
    Place of birth of
    👤 Dionysos (Indian) a figure sometimes distinguished from the Olympian Dionysos👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Osiris Egyptian god
    Founded by
    👤 Osiris Egyptian god👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Named by
    👤 Osiris Egyptian god
    Eponym
    🌍 Nysa (Arabia Felix) city associated with Dionysos
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god
    Related entities
    👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🏛️ the Pillars of Dionysos (India) at the eastern edges of the known world🌍 River Ganges (India) river in India👤 Osiris Egyptian god👤 Dionysos (Indian) a figure sometimes distinguished from the Olympian Dionysos🌍 Nysa (Arabia Felix) city associated with Dionysos🌍 Mount Nysa (unlocatable) unlocatable mountain associated with Dionysos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 620-626📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 1152-1165📖 Diodoros, Library 1.19.5-1.19.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.63.1-3.63.5📖 Pomponius Mela 3.66📖 Strabo 15.1.6-15.1.9📖 Pliny, Natural History 6.79
    Mentioned in text
    Dionysios, PeriegesisDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboPliny, Natural History
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 6.119-6.143📖 Sophocles fr. 959 Radt
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece) region in Northern Greece🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
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