Taenarum

Taenarum

Caenepolis

A Peninsula located at modern-day Cape Matapan, believed to hold access to the Underworld.

More information on Taenarum is available at the Pleiades project.

settlement

Event

Hercules comes to the entrance to Hades

Person

Hercules

Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.12
  2. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 33.2
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.5
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 21.7
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.4
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.5
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.7
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.8
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.9
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 24.5
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.3
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