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    Amyclae or Amyklai (Ancient Greek: Ἀμύκλαι) was a city of ancient Laconia, situated on the right or western bank of the Eurotas, 20 stadia south of Sparta...
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  • 41°N 13°E / 41°N 13°E / 41; 13 Amyclae or Amyclanus was a Greek city of Magna Graecia on the coast of Latium (some authors say Campania), between Tarracina...
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  • his hometown of Amyklai, where Pausanias saw it. Sanctuary of Apollo, Amyclae, Sparta Johannes Kirchner: «Ainetos 3», Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen...
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  • The Diocese or Bishopric of Amyclae is a defunct Latin and Orthodox episcopal see and suppressed Latin Catholic titular bishopric in the Peloponnese,...
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    is a deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. The hero is mythically...
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    final resting place of Cassandra is either in Amyclae or Mycenae. Statues of Cassandra exist both in Amyclae and across the Peloponnese peninsula from Mycenae...
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  • The death of Hyacinthus was celebrated at Amyclae by the second most important of Spartan festivals, the Hyacinthia (Ancient Greek Ὑακίνθια / Hyakínthia)...
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  • romanized: Amýklas) or Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia. Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta...
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  • ancient town Amyclae, the ruins of which are situated 2 km northeast of the village. According to some sources, the ancient town Amyclae (Ancient Greek:...
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    have built the sanctuary of the Charites, which stood between Sparta and Amyclae, and to have given to those divinities the names of Cleta and Phaenna....
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    Agamemnon. His tomb was pointed out among the ruins of Mycenae and at Amyclae. In works of art, there is considerable resemblance between the representations...
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    king Oebalus of Sparta, or with king Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta. In a scholium to Euripides' Rhesus, she is also...
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    Pherae. Alcon (son of Hippocoon) ✓ One of three sons of Hippocoon from Amyclae, according to Hyginus. Alcon (son of Ares) ✓ Son of Ares from Thrace. Amphiaraus...
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  • into the sea. Silius Italicus writes that Xanthippus was originally from Amyclae in Laconia. He also says that three sons of Xanthippus, named Xanthippus...
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    number of sacred enclosures have been located near Mycenae, Delphi and Amyclae. Linear B records mention a number of sanctuaries dedicated to a variety...
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    depictions, on the "Royal Portico" at Athens and on the throne of Apollo at Amyclae, of Cephalus being carried off by a goddess whom he identifies as Hemera...
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    wife. Pausanias, when describing depictions of Eos's myths at Athens and Amyclae, he calls Eos by the name of Hemera. A scholion on the Odyssey mentions...
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  • accordingly was personified as a goddess in Sparta. In a temple of Apollo at Amyclae, near Sparta, a statue of Limos showed her in female form as was the case...
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    along with Typhon, on the sixth century BC Doric-Ionic temple complex at Amyclae known as the throne of Apollo, designed by Bathycles of Magnesia. Pausanias...
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    named after his wife. Sparta was represented on a sacrificial tripod at Amyclae. "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Laconia, chapter 1, section 2". www...
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  • commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne for the statue of Apollo at Amyclae, about 550 BC. Pausanias (iii.18) gives us a detailed description of this...
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    Muse by being silent, nor does Apollo respect me; It is in this way that Amyclae, when it would not speak, was destroyed by silence. Tomorrow let him love...
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    Ladon (Orontes) by Ge (Earth) and Stymphalis, or lastly, King Amyclas of Amyclae. The earliest source of the myth of Daphne and Apollo is Phylarchus, quoted...
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  • and submitted Laconia to direct rule from Sparta. He notably conquered Amyclae, a city south of Sparta, and forced several non-Dorian groups to leave...
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    wished to be. The most famous of these thrones was the throne of Apollo in Amyclae. The Romans also had two types of thrones—one for the emperor and one for...
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  • two sons of the Dioscuri, Anaxias and Mnasinous, and on the throne of Amyclae both were represented riding on horseback. Propertius, Elegies 1.1 Apollodorus...
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    From c. 750 BC, Sparta embarked on a steady expansion, first by subduing Amyclae and the other Laconian settlements. Later, during the First Messenian War...
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  • Caecubum, Greek: Kaikoubos) came from a small territory, ager Caecubus, at Amyclae in coastal Latium (in the region known today as the Plain of Fondi). Around...
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  • Agesilaus I. Pausanias reports that Teleclus' reign saw the conquest of Amyclae, Pharis and Geranthrae, towns of the Perioeci or "dwellers round about"...
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  • earliest times it appears to have been the chief town on the coast, as Amyclae was in the interior; for these two places are mentioned together by Homer...
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