Pheneos

Location map of Pheneos

Coin from Pheneos with the main gods Demeter and Hermes

Pheneos is the name of an ancient city on the Greek peninsula of Peloponnese , west of the Kyllene Mountains.

According to Greek mythology , Pheneos was the place where the underworld god Hades kidnapped the Kore .

In Homer , the city in what is known is the catalog of ships mentioned. The main gods of Pheneos were Hermes and Demeter ; there was also an Asklepios sanctuary. Pheneos never played a major role politically: Little more is known than that it was in the 3rd century BC. Chr. A member of the Achaean League was and 225 v. Chr. By the Spartan king Cleomenes III. was conquered.

literature

• Klaus Tausend (Ed.): Pheneos and Lousoi. Studies on the history and topography of Northeast Arcadia. Classical studies in Graz. Vol. 5. Frankfurt / M. [u. a.], 1999.

Web links

• http://homepage.univie.ac.at/elisabeth.trinkl/forum/forum0998/08agais02.htm
• http://www.uni-graz.at/en/zantaaww/zantaaww_forschung/zantaaww_projekte/zantaaww_projekte_pheneos.htm
• http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/paneios/feneos.htm (Greek text, but with lots of photos)

Coordinates: 37 ° 54 ′ 40 ″  N , 22 ° 18 ′ 21 ″  E