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Pylos

also: Πύλος, sandy Pylos

A city on the western coast of the Peloponnese; Hermes drives Apollo's stolen cattle toward it, and it is also the destination the Cretan sailors of Hymn 3 were originally bound for before Apollo diverted their ship.

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Mentioned in 3 works (52 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 11 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 36 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 5 mentions

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