Tanagra
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Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanagra canonical | 8 |
| Tanagra figurines | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek city ⓘ |
| artStyle |
naturalistic representation of everyday figures
ⓘ
polychrome terracotta ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battle of Tanagra (426 BC)
ⓘ
Battle of Tanagra (457 BC) ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | 19th-century archaeologists ⓘ |
| exportedTo | wider Hellenistic world ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Classical period of ancient Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hadSanctuaryOf |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Tanagra archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasStrategicLocation | route between Attica and Boeotia ⓘ |
| hasTypeSiteFor |
Tanagra
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tanagra figurines
|
| inhabitantsCalled | Tanagraeans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tanagra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanagra figurines
fine Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ terracotta figurines ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boeotia
ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Central Greece
|
| locatedNear |
Asopus River
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Pausanias
ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ |
| modernMunicipality | Municipality of Tanagra ⓘ |
| modernRegionalUnit | Regional unit of Boeotia ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement |
Dilesi
ⓘ
Schimatari ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Boeotian League ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient region of Boeotia ⓘ |
| produced | Hellenistic terracotta statuettes ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| siteType | polis ⓘ |
| strategicFor | control of routes between Attica and northern Greece ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | not a UNESCO World Heritage Site (as of 2024) ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tanagra figurines