Chersonese

Chersonese

Chersonesos

Located on the modern day Gallipoli peninsula on the Aegean Sea.

More information on Chersonese is available at the Pleiades project.

settlement

Events
  1. Iphigenia serves as a priestess among the Taurians
  2. Hecuba transforms into a dog
  3. Orestes and Pylades arrive at the land of the Taurians
  4. Iphigenia and Orestes recognize each other
  5. Iphigenia and Orestes escape from the Taurians
  6. Alexander buries Lysimachus’ body in Chersonesus
People
  1. Alexander
  2. Artemis
  3. Hecuba
  4. Helenus
  5. Iphigenia
  6. Lysimachus
  7. Orestes
  8. Pylades
Group

Taurians

Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 9.8
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 10.5
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 34.2
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 19.6
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