Okeana was born off of the coast of the Peloponnese in Greece and is one of the last megalodons alive

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The “Amalia” dress was a costume which was created by Queen Amalia of Greece. The dress was influenced by Western European fashion and it combined details of Greek traditional costumes from Attica & the Peloponnese. (1/2)

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Lerna (in the Peloponnese) is one of the mythical landscapes I take most interest in. One of its famous inhabitants was the many-headed hydra (here pictured by Gustave Moreau). According to Pausanias he lived beneath a plane tree at the source of river Amymone.

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Hercules first of 12tasks: Defeat the Nemean Lion.
The Nimean Lion was not just "a lion". It was, in Greek Mythology,  a monster lion living in Nemea (a city on the Peloponnese).
Wall fresco in Herculaneum
Anonymous hand-colored (gouache) copper etching.
Published 1757-1792

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The return of the Heracleidae (descendants of Heracles-Perseus) against Atreidae (descendants of Atreus-Pelops) over rule of Mycenaean kingdoms of Peloponnese lasted many years:
- Hyllus, greatest son of Heracles, tried twice & slained in single combat by Echemus, king of Tegea.

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The battle fought in August 1499 off north of Navarino (Peloponnese). The combatants were a vessel commanded by Kemal Ali, and two vessels commanded by Antonio Loredan and Albano d'Armer. The were victorious.

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