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ALCYONIA (Lake) LERNA
Alcyonia (Alkuonia), a lake in Argolis, near the Lernaean grove, through which
Dionysus was said to have descended to the lower world, in order to bring back
Semele from Hades. Pausanias says that its depth was unfathomable, and that Nero
had let down several stadia of rope, loaded with lead, without finding a bottom.
As Pausanias does not mention a lake Lerna, but only a district of this name,
it is probable that the lake called Alcyonia by Pausanias is the same as the Lerna
of other writers. (Paus. ii. 37. § 5, seq.; Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 473.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited October 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ELEOUS (Ancient city) LERNA
Elaeus, Elaious: Eth. Elaiousios. A town in the Argeia, mentioned only by
Apollodorus (ii. 5.2) and Stephanus B. From the statement of the former writer
we may conclude that it could not have been far from Lerna, since Heracles, after
he had succeeded in cutting off the immortal head of the Hydra, is said to have
buried it by the side of the way leading from Lerna to Elaeus. The remains of
this town have been found in the unfrequented road leading from Lerna to Hysiae.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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