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Corinth
The city of Corinth was situated on the coast of Corinthian Gulf, at the western side of the isthmus. Corinth was originally called Ephyra, and the...
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Isthmus
The Isthmus of Corinth joined the Peloponessus to mainland Greece. The Isthmus also separated the Gulf of Corinth in the north, from Saronic Gulf i...
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Peloponnesus
The Peloponnesus (Πελοπόυησος) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, connected to mainland Greece via the Isthmus of Corinth. This page lists th...
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Mainland Greece
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Geographia
Geographia is a section of Timeless Myths containing maps and information about the regions and cities mentioned in Greek mythology. Here you may f...
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Athens After Theseus
Theseus died in exile, leaving Menestheus (Μενεσθεύς) to rule Athens. In the Iliad, Menestheus was listed as a suitor of Helen, and he became the c...
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Aegeus and Theseus
Some writers said that Aegeus (Αἐγεύς) was the son of Pandion II, the exiled king of Athens, and Pylia, daughter of Pylas, but the usual tales said...
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Cecrops and Pandion II
Cecrops II Pandion II Cecrops II Cecrops (Cecrops II; Κέρκωψ) was the eldest son of Erechtheus and Praxithea. When Poseidon killed his father, Cecr...
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Erechtheus
Erechtheus was the son of Pandion and Zeuxippe. Erechtheus succeeded his father, and became the king of Athens. Erechtheus married Praxithea, the d...
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Procne and Philomena
Procne (Πρόκνη) and Philomena (Φιλομήλα) were the daughters of King Pandion I of Athens . When Tereus, the king of Thrace, aided their father in th...
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Pandion I
Pandion (Pandion I; Πανδίων) was the king of Athens, succeeding his father Erichthonius . Pandion married Zeuxippe, the sister of his mother Praxit...
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Early Kings of Athens
Cecrops I Erichthonius Cecrops I There is some confusion over who the earliest rulers of Athens were. Attica was probably originally called Acte or...