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Archias
Corinthian founder — not a padded king-list. Delphi sent him to Ortygia opposite Trinacria, where the oracle said Alpheius' mouth mingles with the springs of broad Arethusa; Pausanias treats that marvel as the sign that bound Elis to the Sicilian colony. Arethusa and Alpheus belong to the city sky as residences, not as reigns.1
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 3 dwellers
the sky drifts, waiting
MYTHS SET HERE
4 tales walk these walls
Demeter and PersephoneOvid's meadow of Henna and Lake PergusDaedalus and IcarusLand where Daedalus found refugeAcis and GalateaIsland of Etna, Polyphemus, and the river AcisAeneas after TroyIsland of storms and Polyphemus' shore
THE SPINDLE OF MYTHS →ON THE MAP
in Sicily
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 462503