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OGION (Ancient city) TROPEA
A horse, offspring of Poseidon and Demeter, or of Earth, ridden by Herakles, and given by him to Adrastus.
Arion, a fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed herself into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by assuming the figure of a horse. Demeter afterwards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a daughter whose name remained unknown to the uninitiated (Paus. viii. 25.4) According to the poet Antimachus this horse and Caerus were the offspring of Gaea; whereas, according to other traditions, Poseidon or Zephyrus begot the horse by a Harpy (Eustath. ad Hom; Quint. Smyrn. iv. 570). Another story related, that Poseidon created Arion in his contest with Athena (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 12). From Poseidon the horse passed through the hands of Copreus, Oncus, and Heracles, from whom it was received by Adrastus (Paus.; Hesiod. Scut. Here. 120).
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
When Demeter was wandering in search of her daughter, she was followed, it is
said, by Poseidon, who lusted after her. So she turned, the story runs, into a
mare, and grazed with the mares of Oncius; realizing that he was outwitted, Poseidon
too changed into a stallion and enjoyed Demeter. At first, they say, Demeter was
angry at what had happened, but later on she laid aside her wrath and wished to
bathe in the Ladon. So the goddess has obtained two surnames, Fury because of
her avenging anger, because the Arcadians call being wrathful "being furious,"
and Bather (Lusia) because she bathed in the Ladon.
GORTYS (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Gortys the son of Stymphalus founded the city Gortys on a river which is also called after him
IREA (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Son of Lycaon, founds Heraea.
MELENEES (Ancient city) IREA
Son of Lycaon.
THYREON (Ancient city) TRIKOLONES
Son of Lycaon.
TRIKOLONI (Ancient city) TRIKOLONES
Son of Lycaon, father of Zoeteus and Paroreus.
YPSOUS (Ancient city) TRIKOLONES
Hypsus (Hupsos), a son of Lycaon. believed to have been the founder of Hypsus. (Paus. viii. 3.1, 35. 6)
ZITIA (Ancient city) GORTYS
Son of Tricolonus.
KAOS (Ancient city) KONTOVAZENA
Causius (Kaousios), a surname of Asclepius, derived from Caus in Arcadia, where he was worshipped. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Kaous; comp. Paus. viii. 25.1)
LYKEON (Mountain) ARCADIA
They (the Methydrians) allow that she (Rhea) gave birth to her son (Zeus) on some part of Mount Lycaeus.
As the supreme lord of heaven, he was worshipped under the name of Olympian Zeus in many parts of Greece, but especially in Olympia, where the Olympian Games were celebrated in his honour. The cult of Zeus at the ancient seat of the oracle at Dodona recognized his character as dispenser of the fertilizing dew. Among the numerous mountaincults in the Peloponnesus, the oldest and most original was that of the Lycaean Zeus, on Mount Lycaeus in Arcadia, where human beings were actually sacrificed to him in propitiation.
This extract is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited April 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Lycaeus (Lukaios), sometimes also Lyceus, a surname of certain divinities worshipped on mount Lycaeum in Arcadia, as for instance Zeus, who had a sanctuary on it, in which the festival of the Lycaea was celebrated. No one was allowed to enter the temple, and if any one forced his way in, he was believed to stay within one year, and to lose his shadow (Paus. viii. 2. 1, 38. 4, &c.; Pind. Ol. xiii. 154). According to others those who entered it were stoned to death by the Arcadians, or were called stags, and obliged to take to flight to save their lives (Plut. Quaest. Graec. 39). Pan also was called the Lycaean, because he was born and had a sanctuary on mount Lycaeon (Paus. viii. 38. 4; Strab. viii.; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 16; Virg. Aen. viii. 344). Lycaeus also occurs as a surname of Apollo.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2006 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
THELPOUSSA (Ancient city) TROPEA
Bastard son of Arcas, finds and rears Aesculapius.
SCHINOUS (Ancient city) VYTINA
Daughter of Iasus and Clymene or daughter of Schoeneus, exposed by her father, suckled by a shebear, a virgin huntress, kills two centaurs, hunts the Calydonian boar, wrestles with Peleus, races with her suitors, won by Melanion with golden apples, changed into a lion, mother of Parthenopaeus, shoots Calydonian boar, creates spring by striking rock with spear, A. with fawn, her race-course, in the Argo.
Atalanta: The Arcadian Version. Atalanta, daughter of Zeus and Clymene, was exposed by her father, who had desired male offspring only. She was suckled by a bear, until she was found and brought up by a party of hunters. Under their care she grew up to be a huntress--keen, swift, and beautiful. She took part in the Calydonian boarhunt, was the first who struck the boar, and received from Meleager the head and skin of the beast as the prize of victory. She is also associated with the voyage of the Argonauts. She turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of her numerous suitors; but at last she propitiated the wrath of Aphrodite by returning the faithful love of the beautiful Milanion, who had followed her persistently, and suffered and struggled for her. Their son was Parthenopaeus, one of the Seven against Thebes. Swinburne's poem, Atalanta in Calydon, gives a magnificent setting to the story. (more about Atalanta see Schinos, ancient city, Boeotia )
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Jan 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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LYKEON (Mountain) ARCADIA
King of Arcadia, founder of the city-capital Lucosura , the oldest city than the sun looked upon
OGION (Ancient city) TROPEA
Son of Apollo.
SCHINOUS (Ancient city) VYTINA
A Boeotian, father of Atalanta, son of Athamas. (see Ancient Schinos in Boeotia)
TEFTHIS (Ancient city) DIMITSANA
Leads Arcadians to join army of Agamemnon, stabs Athena in thigh.
THELPOUSSA (Ancient city) TROPEA
Nymph, daughter of Ladon.
TRAPEZOUS (Ancient city) GORTYS
Son of Lycaon.
VOUFASSION (Ancient city) GORTYS
A hero, son of Iapetus and Thornax, shot by Artemis.
Bouphagus, (Bouphagos). A son of Iapetus and Thornaxe, an Arcadian hero and husband of Promne.
He received the wounded Iphicles, the brother of Heracles, into his house, and
took care of him until he died. Buphagus was afterwards killed by Artemis for
having pursued her. (Paus. viii. 14.6, 27. 11)
LYKEON (Mountain) ARCADIA
Nymph, nurse of Zeus.
Nymph, nurse of Zeus.
Hagno, an Arcadian nymph, who is said to have brought up Zeus. On Mount Lycaeus in Arcadia there was a well sacred to and named after her. When the country was suffering from drought, the priest of Zeus Lycaeus, after having offered up prayers and sacrifices, touched the surface of the well with the branch of an oak tree, whereupon clouds were formed immediately which refreshed the country with rain. The nymph Hagno was represented at Megalopolis carrying in one hand a pitcheri and in the other a patera. (Paus. viii. 38.3, 31.2, 47.2.)
METHYDRION (Ancient city) VYTINA
Son of Lycaon.
VASSILIS (Ancient city) GORTYS
Son of Aepytus, king of Arcadia, gives his daughter Merope to Cresphontes to wife, brings up Aepytus, son of Cresphontes, founds Basilis, his family forfeits the kingdom.
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