Colonus

E224019

ancient Greek settlement deme of ancient Athens

Colonus was a deme (district) of ancient Athens, best known as the birthplace of the tragedian Sophocles and the setting of his play "Oedipus at Colonus."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Colonus canonical	2
Colonus Hippius	1
Hippios Colonus	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek settlement ⓘ deme of ancient Athens ⓘ
appearsInWork	Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" ⓘ surface form: "Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles Athenian tragic tradition ⓘ
associatedWith	Oedipus ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
citizenOfDeme	Sophocles ⓘ
country	ancient Greece ⓘ
culturalContext	Athenian democracy ⓘ
demoticStatus	deme with its own citizen register ⓘ
governedBy	Athenian boule and ecclesia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Colonus ⓘ surface form: Colonus Hippius Colonus ⓘ surface form: Hippios Colonus
hasCulturalHeritage	site of classical Athenian cults ⓘ
hasEtymology	from Greek "kolonos" meaning "hill" ⓘ
hasNameInGreek	Κολωνός ⓘ
hasTopographicalFeature	low hill (kolonos) ⓘ
hasTypeOfPlace	rural suburb of ancient Athens ⓘ
historicalRegion	central Greece ⓘ surface form: Central Greece
knownFor	being the birthplace of Sophocles ⓘ being the setting of the tragedy "Oedipus at Colonus" ⓘ its association with Athenian tragedy ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Attica ⓘ Classical Athens ⓘ surface form: ancient Athens
mentionedBy	Pausanias ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ
mentionedIn	ancient Greek literary sources ⓘ
modernLocation	Kolonos neighborhood of modern Athens ⓘ
near	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Academy of Plato Long Walls of Athens ⓘ surface form: Athens city walls
partOf	polis of Athens ⓘ surface form: Athenian polis
politicalAffiliation	tribe Aegeis (in some ancient sources) ⓘ
religiousSignificance	sacred groves ⓘ sanctuary of the Eumenides (Furies) ⓘ
roleInMythology	place of Oedipus’ death in myth ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century BCE ⓘ Classical Athens ⓘ
worshippedDeity	Athena ⓘ surface form: Athena Hippia The Eumenides ⓘ surface form: Eumenides Poseidon ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Sophocles → birthPlace → Colonus ⓘ

Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → setting → Colonus ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus

Colonus → hasAlternativeName → Colonus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonus Hippius

Colonus → hasAlternativeName → Colonus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hippios Colonus