Phocis

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ancient Greek region

Phocis was an ancient region in central Greece, notable for encompassing the sacred sanctuary and oracle of Delphi.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Phocians 4
valley of Phocis 2
Amphissa 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region ⓘ
borders Boeotia ⓘ
Doris ⓘ
Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
Locris ⓘ
Locris ⓘ
surface form: Ozolian Locris
contains Delphi ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Oracle of Delphi

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
cultSite Castalian Spring ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
ethnicGroup Phocis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phocians
governance Phocian League ⓘ
surface form: league of Phocian cities
hasCapital Delphi ⓘ
Elateia ⓘ
hasImportantCity Ambrysus ⓘ
Amphicleia ⓘ
Anticyra ⓘ
Boeon ⓘ
Daulis ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
Drymaea ⓘ
Elateia ⓘ
Lilaea ⓘ
Stiris ⓘ
Tithorea ⓘ
hasMountain Mount Cirphis ⓘ
Mount Parnassus ⓘ
hasRiver Cephissus River ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn central Greece ⓘ
surface form: Central Greece
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias the geographer

Thucydides ⓘ
modernEquivalent Phocis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phocis regional unit of Greece
notableEvent confiscation of Delphic treasures during Third Sacred War ⓘ
notablePass Parnassus passes ⓘ
participatedIn Sacred Wars ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
partOf Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
religiousCenter Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
religiousSignificance control of Delphi ⓘ
strategicImportance control of passes between northern and southern Greece ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
wasInvadedBy Philip II of Macedon ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Boeotia → borders → Phocis ⓘ
Locris → borders → Phocis ⓘ
Southern Greece → contains → Phocis ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Greece
Phocian League → country → Phocis ⓘ
Philomelus → ethnicGroup → Phocis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phocian
Phocis → ethnicGroup → Phocis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phocians
this entity surface form: Phocians
this entity surface form: Phocians
this entity surface form: Phocians
Castalian Spring → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Delphi → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Mount Parnassus → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
subject surface form: Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
Parnassus valley → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Phocian League → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Pythia → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Sacred Way → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
subject surface form: Sacred Way (Delphi)
Sibyl Rock → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Temple of Apollo → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Tholos of Delphi → locatedIn → Phocis ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War → location → Phocis ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War → location → Phocis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amphissa
Third Sacred War → location → Phocis ⓘ
Phocis → modernEquivalent → Phocis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phocis regional unit of Greece
Phocian League → namedAfter → Phocis ⓘ
this entity surface form: valley of Phocis
this entity surface form: valley of Phocis
Castalia → regionOfMyth → Phocis ⓘ
Northwest Greek → spokenIn → Phocis ⓘ