Elateia

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Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.

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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.

Phocis hasCapital Elateia
Phocis hasImportantCity Elateia
Phocian League hasCapital Elateia
Ambrysus hasNameInGreek Elateia
this entity surface form: Ἄμβρυσσος
Fthiotis contains Elateia
this entity surface form: Amfikleia–Elateia
Phocians capitalCity Elateia