Listed 12 sub titles with search on: Mythology for wider area of: "VIOTIA Ancient area GREECE" .
VIOTIA (Ancient area) GREECE
Galaxius, (Galaxios), a surname of Apollo in Boeotia, derived from the stream Galaxius. (Procl. ap. Phot.; Muller, Orchom., 2d edit.)
Longatis, a surname of Athena (Lycoph. 520, 1032), which according to Tzetzes (ad Lycoph. l. c.), she derived from her being worshipped in a Boeotian district called Longas, which however is unknown.
Hippalcimus, (Hippalkimos), a grandson of Boeotus, son of Itonus, and father of Peneleus. (Diod. iv. 67; Apollod. i. 9.16, who, however, calls him Hippalmus.)
Itonus. A son of Boeotus, and father of Hippalcimns. Electryon, Archilochus, and Alegenor. (Diod. iv. 67.)
ARNI (Ancient city) VIOTIA
A daughter of Aeolus, who gave her name to two towns, one in Thessaly and the other in Boeotia. Poseidon, under the form of a bull, became her lover.
ATHAMANTION PEDION (Ancient plain) VIOTIA
Named after the mythical hero, for whom articles can
be found at Ancient Orchomenos
VIOTIA (Ancient area) GREECE
(Paus. 9,1,1). Diodorus mentions Arne as his mother, and many claim that his father was Poseidon, the most famous god in Boeotia.
Boeotus (Boiotos), a son of Poseidon or Itonus and Arne (Antiope or Melanippe), and brother of Aeolus. He was the ancestral hero of the Boeotians, who derived their name from him. (Paus. ix. 1.1)
YLI (Ancient city) VIOTIA
Hyle, (Hule), a daughter of Thespieus, from whom the town of Hyle in Boeotia was believed to have derived its name. (Eustath. ad H1am. p. 267.)
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