- Alternative names
- Aithiopia Ethiopia Aethiopia
- Information
- region in Upper Egypt and south of Sub-Saharan Africa, often amorphous or treated as somewhat fictional
- Identified with
- 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 the Land of the Eremboi
- Identified in
- 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 Seres (China?) 🌍 the Atlas Mountains (N. Africa) 🌍 the Erythraian Sea
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Emathion 👤 Memnon
- Place of death of
- 👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) 👤 Sea Monster (Ethiopian)
- Ruled by
- 👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) 👤 Memnon 👤 Merops (Ethiopian)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Rhamnous (Attica) 🏛️ the Temple of Nemesis (Rhamnous)💠 the Statue of Nemesis (Rhamnous)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Aigai (unlocatable) 🌍 Arabia 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Carthage (N. Africa) 🌍 Cephallenia (island) 🌍 Cerne (island) 🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos 🌍 Cisthene (unlocatable) 🌍 Cyprus (island) 🌍 Doulichion (island) 🌍 Egypt 🌍 Eleusis (Attica) 🌍 Erytheia (unlocatable) 🌍 India 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 Menelaon (Egypt) 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 Mount Atlas (unlocatable) 🌍 Ortygia (island) 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese) 🌍 River Annon (unlocatable river in Libya)🌍 River Caicos (Lydia) 🌍 River Caystros (Asia Minor)🌍 River Eridanos 🌍 River Erymanthos (Elis/Arcadia) 🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia) 🌍 River Euphrates (Mesopotamia) 🌍 River Eurotas (Laconia) 🌍 River Ganges (India) 🌍 River Hebros (N. Greece) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🌍 River Istros (Europe) 🌍 River Maiandros (Caria) 🌍 River Melas (Arcadia) 🌍 River Nile (Egypt) 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 River Orontes (Syria) 🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) 🌍 River Phasis (Colchis) 🌍 River Plouton (unlocatable) 🌍 River Po (Italy)🌍 River Rhine 🌍 River Rhone 🌍 River Spercheios (Central Greece)🌍 River Strymon (Thrace) 🌍 River Tagus (Iberia) 🌍 River Tanais (Scythia) 🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos) 🌍 River Tiber (Italy)🌍 River Xanthos (Lycia) 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Seres (China?) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid) 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 Susa (Asia Minor) 🌍 Tartessos (Spain) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Atlantic Ocean🌍 the Atlas Mountains (N. Africa) 🌍 the Erythraian Sea 🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🌍 the Land of the Eremboi 🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans 🏛️ Spring Peirene (Corinth) 🏛️ the Palace of Helios 🏛️ the Pillars of Heracles 🏺 the Bag of Perseus 🏺 the Chariot of Helios🏺 the Head of Medousa 🏺 the Sickle of Perseus🏺 the Winged Sandals 👤 Andromeda 👤 Athena 👤 Benthesicyme 👤 Calais 👤 Cassiepeia (m. of Andromeda) 👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) 👤 Clymene (Oceanid II) 👤 Daughter of Endios (name unknown II)👤 Emathion 👤 Endios 👤 Eos 👤 Eumolpos (Thracian) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Helios 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Hera 👤 Io 👤 Iris 👤 Ismaros (Thracian) 👤 Medousa (Gorgon) 👤 Memnon 👤 Menelaos 👤 Merops (Ethiopian) 👤 Perses (s. of Andromeda) 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) 👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) 👤 Phineus (Thracian) 👤 Phorcos 👤 Poseidon 👤 Sea Monster (Ethiopian) 👤 Tegyrios 👤 Tithonos (s. of Laomedon) 👤 Zetes 👤 Zeus 👥 the Arimaspians 👥 the Ethiopian contingent at Troy (defenders) 👥 the Griffons 👥 the Harpies👥 the Horses of Helios 👥 the Lacedaimon contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Nereids 👥 the Solymoi 💠 the Statue of Nemesis (Rhamnous)
- Appears in
- 📜 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 782-815📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.4📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.4📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 11.1📜 Dionysios Periegetes 558-561📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 99 Most📜 Hesiod, Theogony 984-991📜 Homer, Iliad 1.423-1.427📜 Homer, Iliad 23.193-23.211📜 Homer, Odyssey 1.19-1.25📜 Homer, Odyssey 4.68-4.89📜 Homer, Odyssey 5.262-5.464📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 14.1-14.4 MacLeod📜 Lucian, The Dance 44📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.765-1.779📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 31📜 Pausanias 1.33.3-1.33.7📜 Pausanias 1.42.3📜 Pausanias 10.31.5-10.31.7📜 Pausanias 6.26.6-6.26.9📜 Pindar, Nemean 6 47-69📜 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83📜 Pomponius Mela 3.100📜 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 4📜 Strabo 1.1.6📜 Strabo 1.2.24-1.2.29📜 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35
- Mentioned in Text
- Aeschylus, Prometheus BoundApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadDionysios PeriegetesHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, The DanceOvid, MetamorphosesPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Nemean 6Pindar, Olympian 2Pomponius MelaPs-Lucian, The PatriotStrabo