GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
GERANIA (town in Byzantium and the Propontis)
Ancient town of Thrace, modern Kranevo in Bulgaria
- Kind of place
- Town
- Region
- Byzantium and the Propontis
- Where
- 43.34° N, 28.05° E
The mountain was named Gerania because cranes were flying there when Megarus swam toward them. Pausanias 1.40.1 Gerania was a town located in the region formerly held by the Scythians. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.18 ¶4
Described in the sources
A village named the Little Tripods is located here. Pausanias 1.43.8 The tripod fell from Coroebus's hands at this location. Pausanias 1.43.8
Stories and history
Coroebus was ordered to build a temple of Apollo where the tripod fell. Pausanias 1.43.8 Barbarians believed that a nation of Pigmies once lived in Gerania but were driven away by cranes. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.18 ¶4