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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...

August 8th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Mainland Greece

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August 8th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

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...

August 8th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

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...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

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...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Cecrops and Pandion II

Cecrops II Pandion IICecrops II Cecrops (Cecrops II; Κέρκωψ) was the eldest son of Erechtheus and Praxithea. When Poseidon killed his father, Cecro...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Erechtheus

Erechtheus was the son of Pandion and Zeuxippe. Erechtheus succeeded his father, and became the king of Athens. Erechtheus married Praxithea, the d...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

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 the...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Pandion I

Pandion (Pandion I; Πανδίων) was the king of Athens, succeeding his father Erichthonius. Pandion married Zeuxippe, the sister of his mother Praxith...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Early Kings of Athens

Cecrops I ErichthoniusCecrops I There is some confusion over who the earliest rulers of Athens were. Attica was probably originally called Acte or ...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

House of Athens

Athens was the principal city of the region of Attica. The city was dominated by the citadel on top of the hill called the Acropolis. Athens would ...

January 13th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Thoas

Andraimon was the husband of Gorge, the daughter of Oeneus and Althaea. Andraimon was the father of Thoas (Θόας). Andraimon received the kingdom of...

May 12th, 2001

By Jimmy Joe