Elateia
E154392
Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elateia canonical | 6 |
| Amfikleia–Elateia | 1 |
| Ἄμβρυσσος | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek city ⓘ |
| ancientEthnic | Elateians ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemains |
city walls
ⓘ
foundations of public buildings ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| capturedInYear | 339 BC ⓘ |
| coinage | issued its own coins ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| distanceFrom | about 180 stadia from Delphi (per Pausanias) ⓘ |
| fortifications |
acropolis
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ |
| geographicalSetting | plain of the upper Cephissus ⓘ |
| hadPublicBuilding |
agora
ⓘ
gymnasium ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Greece
Phocis ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cephissus River
ⓘ
surface form:
Cephissus River valley
|
| mentionedBy |
Demosthenes
ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| nearAncientRegion |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Locris ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement | modern Elateia (Fthiotis, Greece) ⓘ |
| notableFeature | command of pass from Thessaly to Boeotia ⓘ |
| partOf | Delphic Amphictyony (at times) ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
Lamian War
ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | polis ⓘ |
| promptedEvent | Athenian alliance with Thebes against Philip II ⓘ |
| prosperedFrom |
agriculture in Cephissus valley
ⓘ
control of land routes ⓘ |
| region | Phocis ⓘ |
| religiousSite |
sanctuary of Artemis
ⓘ
Temple of Asclepius ⓘ
surface form:
sanctuary of Asclepius
sanctuary of Athena ⓘ sanctuary of Dionysus ⓘ sanctuary of Isis ⓘ sanctuary of Isis ⓘ
surface form:
sanctuary of Sarapis
|
| strategicImportance |
controlled main route between northern and central Greece
ⓘ
key position on road from Thermopylae to Boeotia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ἄμβρυσσος