Knidos

E153563

ancient Greek astronomer ancient Greek city ancient Greek statue archaeological site

Knidos was an ancient Greek city in Caria, on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, renowned as a cultural and commercial center and especially famous for housing Praxiteles’ celebrated statue of Aphrodite.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Knidos canonical	10
Cnidus	5
Rhodian cities	1
ancient city of Knidos	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek astronomer ⓘ ancient Greek city ⓘ ancient Greek statue ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ Praxiteles ⓘ
birthPlace	Knidos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
creator	Praxiteles ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
currentStatus	ruined city ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Apollo ⓘ
depicts	Aphrodite ⓘ
excavatedBy	British archaeologists ⓘ
famousFor	astronomy ⓘ commercial center ⓘ cultural center ⓘ medicine ⓘ Aphrodite of Knidos ⓘ surface form: statue of Aphrodite of Knidos work of Praxiteles ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
hasPort	commercial harbor ⓘ military harbor ⓘ
hasStructure	agora ⓘ city walls ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ necropolis ⓘ temple of Aphrodite ⓘ theater ⓘ
hasWork	Aphrodite of Knidos ⓘ
knownFor	double harbor layout ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterRuledBy	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedIn	Caria ⓘ Datça ⓘ surface form: Datça Peninsula southwestern coast of Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedNear	modern town of Datça ⓘ
locatedOn	Aegean Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
modernCountry	Turkey ⓘ
originallyLocatedIn	Knidos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
partOf	Dorian Hexapolis ⓘ
region	Caria ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod	founded in archaic period ⓘ
tourism	popular archaeological tourist site ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aphrodite → associatedPlace → Knidos ⓘ

Caria → hasMajorCity → Knidos ⓘ

Aphrodisia → majorCultCenter → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnidus

Knidos → originallyLocatedIn → Knidos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Aphrodite of Knidos

Knidos → birthPlace → Knidos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Eudoxus of Cnidus

Aphrodite of Knidos → originalLocation → Knidos ⓘ

Eudoxus of Cnidus → birthPlace → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnidus

Eudoxus of Cnidus → associatedWith → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnidus

Eudoxus of Cnidus → taughtAt → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnidus

Anatolian coast → includesAncientCity → Knidos ⓘ

Praxiteles → associatedWithPlace → Knidos ⓘ

Muğla Province → containsAncientSite → Knidos ⓘ

Ctesias of Cnidus → placeOfOrigin → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnidus

Turkish coast → containsAncientSite → Knidos ⓘ

Dorian Hexapolis → memberCity → Knidos ⓘ

Western Greek world → colonizedBy → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhodian cities

Datça → near → Knidos ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Knidos