Abdera in Thrace

E153901
ancient Greek city polis

Abdera in Thrace was an ancient Greek city on the Thracian coast, known as the birthplace of philosophers Democritus and Protagoras and for its role as a cultural and trading center.

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Label Occurrences
Abdera in Thrace canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteStatus excavated ⓘ
colonizedBy Ionians ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalSphere Ionian Greek culture ⓘ
currency silver coinage ⓘ
foundedBy colonists from Clazomenae ⓘ
hasCitizenshipOf Democritus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
hasFeature acropolis ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
hasReputationInAntiquity city of intellectuals ⓘ
hasReputationInLaterSources byword for folly ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Democritus ⓘ
birthplace of Protagoras ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
philosophical tradition ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterControlledBy Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian Kingdom

Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Thrace ⓘ
locatedInModernCountry Greece ⓘ
locatedInModernRegion Thrace ⓘ
surface form: Western Thrace
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Black Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Thracian coast
memberOf Delian League ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
nearModernSettlement Avdira ⓘ
paidTributeTo Athens ⓘ
pantheonIncludesCultOf Apollo ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
prosperedFrom grain trade ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
trade with Thracian hinterland ⓘ
refoundedBy Timesius of Clazomenae ⓘ
colonists from Teos ⓘ
regionType coastal city ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Teos → colonized → Abdera in Thrace ⓘ
Democritus → region → Abdera in Thrace ⓘ