Tauris
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Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological place
ⓘ
region in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | Attic tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Artemis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iphigenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Orestes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Taurians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | Euripides' lost play Andromeda (as comparative setting in scholarship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Crimea in ancient geography
ⓘ
Tauric Chersonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
barbaric land
ⓘ
remote land ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from ethnonym Taurians ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
escape from barbarian land
ⓘ
rescue of sacred image of Artemis ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Taurians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cult of Artemis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
human sacrifice to Artemis ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
contrast to Greek civilization
ⓘ
symbol of barbarian periphery ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Crimean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameUsedBy | ancient Greeks ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | barbaroi (non-Greeks in Greek thought) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Black Sea region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOf | Iphigenia's exile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfMythicUse | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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