- Alternative names
- Messene
- Information
- region in Peloponnese
- Identified with
- 🌍 Messe (Laconia)
- Cult site of
- 👤 Messene 👤 Pamisos (river god)
- Place of birth of
- 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)
- Place of death of
- 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut)
- Place of burial of
- 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut)
- Eponym
- 👤 Messene
- Ruled by
- 👤 Aipytos (Messenian) 👤 Aphareus (Messenian) 👤 Cresphontes 👤 Dotadas 👤 Glaucos (Messenian) 👤 Grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-great-great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Isthmios (Messenian) 👤 Leucippos (Messenian) 👤 Machaon 👤 Melanthos (Athenian) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Messene 👤 Nestor 👤 Perieres (Messenian) 👤 Podaleirios 👤 Polycaon (Messenian) 👤 Polyphontes (Heraclid) 👤 Son of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Sybotas
- Conquered by
- 👤 Cresphontes 👤 Messene 👤 Perieres (Messenian) 👤 Polycaon (Messenian) 👥 the Heracleidai
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Andania (Messenia) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Arene (Messenia?) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Basilis (Arcadia) 🌍 Carnasion (Messenia) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Elis (region) 🌍 Gerenia (Messenia) 🌍 Glisas (Boiotia) 🌍 Hyameitis (Messenia) 🌍 Iberia (W. Europe) 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Ithome (Thessaly) 🌍 Laconia 🌍 Leuctra (Laconia) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Mesola (Messenia) 🌍 Messe (Laconia) 🌍 Mount Ithome (Messenia) 🌍 Oichalia (Thessaly) 🌍 Oichalia (alt. Carnasion) 🌍 Oichalia (unlocatable) 🌍 Pherai (Messenia) 🌍 Pylos (Messenia) 🌍 Rhion (Messenia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Stenycleros (Messenia) 🌍 Thalamai (Laconia/Messenia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Tricca (Messenia) 🌍 Tricca (Thessaly) 🌍 the Megarid 🏛️ Spring Clepsydra (Messenia) 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 👤 Aipytos (Messenian) 👤 Alcmaion (Messenian) 👤 Alpheios (river god) 👤 Amythaon 👤 Aphareus (Messenian) 👤 Apollo 👤 Arene (eponym) 👤 Arsinoe (Messenian) 👤 Asclepios 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Caucon 👤 Codros 👤 Cresphontes 👤 Cronos 👤 Diocles (Pheraian) 👤 Dotadas 👤 Eumantis 👤 Eurysthenes 👤 Glaucos (Messenian) 👤 Gorgophone (Argive) 👤 Grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Great-great-great-grandson of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Heracles 👤 Hilaeira 👤 Hippocoon (Spartan) 👤 Holaias 👤 Icarios (Spartan) 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Iphitos (Oichalian) 👤 Isthmios (Argive) 👤 Isthmios (Messenian) 👤 Ithome (eponym) 👤 Laertes 👤 Leucippos (Messenian) 👤 Lycos (Athenian) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut) 👤 Machaon 👤 Marpessa 👤 Melaneus 👤 Melanthos (Athenian) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Merope (Messenian) 👤 Messene 👤 Neda 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Oichalia (eponym) 👤 Orsilochos (Pheraian I) 👤 Pamisos (river god) 👤 Peisistratos (Pylian I) 👤 Peisistratos (Pylian II) 👤 Perieres (Messenian) 👤 Phoibe (Messenian) 👤 Podaleirios 👤 Polycaon (Messenian) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Polyphontes (Heraclid) 👤 Procles (Heraclid) 👤 Son of Polycaon and Messene (name unknown) 👤 Sybotas 👤 Telegone 👤 Telemachos 👤 Temenos (Heraclid) 👤 Theras 👤 Thersandros (epigonos) 👤 Thetis 👤 Tyndareos 👤 Zeus 👥 the Cattle of Apollo👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👥 the Defenders of Thebes against the Epigonoi 👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese 👥 the Epigonoi 👥 the Heracleidai 👥 the Mares of Eurytos👥 the Seven against Thebes 👥 the Sons of Paion
- Appears in
- 📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.8-1.7.9📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.2📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.11.2📜 Homer, Odyssey 21.1-21.41📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.676-2.707📜 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9📜 Pausanias 2.20.5📜 Pausanias 2.26.3-2.26.8📜 Pausanias 3.1.4-3.1.5📜 Pausanias 3.1.5📜 Pausanias 3.13.1-3.13.2📜 Pausanias 3.14.3-3.14.4📜 Pausanias 3.14.7📜 Pausanias 3.26.2-3.26.3📜 Pausanias 3.26.4📜 Pausanias 4.1.1-4.1.2📜 Pausanias 4.1.3-4.1.4📜 Pausanias 4.15.4📜 Pausanias 4.16.1📜 Pausanias 4.2.2-4.2.3📜 Pausanias 4.2.4-4.2.5📜 Pausanias 4.2.7📜 Pausanias 4.20.4📜 Pausanias 4.26.8📜 Pausanias 4.3.1-4.3.2📜 Pausanias 4.3.3-4.3.5📜 Pausanias 4.3.5-4.3.8📜 Pausanias 4.3.9-4.3.10📜 Pausanias 4.30.2-4.30.3📜 Pausanias 4.31.12📜 Pausanias 4.31.9📜 Pausanias 4.33.1📜 Pausanias 4.5.1📜 Pausanias 4.9.1-4.9.2📜 Pausanias 8.29.5📜 Pausanias 8.5.7📜 Pausanias 9.9.1-9.9.5📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 124-168📜 Pindar, Pythian 6 19-42📜 Strabo 14.1.3📜 Strabo 3.4.3📜 Strabo 8.3.28-8.3.29📜 Strabo 8.3.7📜 Strabo 8.4.1📜 Strabo 8.4.7📜 Strabo 8.5.3📜 Strabo 8.5.6📜 Strabo 8.5.8📜 Strabo 8.8.5📜 Strabo 9.1.7
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, OdysseyOvid, MetamorphosesPausaniasPindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 6Strabo