Delos

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site island sacred island

Delos is a sacred Aegean island revered in ancient Greek religion as the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis and a major religious and commercial center.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Delos canonical	44
island of Delos	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ island ⓘ sacred island ⓘ
accessibleFrom	Mykonos by boat ⓘ
ancientName	Δῆλος ⓘ
associatedWith	Delian League ⓘ
controlledBy	Athens ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
etymology	often interpreted as “visible” or “manifest” in ancient Greek ⓘ
functionedAs	treasury of the Delian League ⓘ
governedBy	Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ surface form: Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades
hasSanctuaryOf	Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Egyptian gods ⓘ Isis ⓘ Leto ⓘ
hasStructure	Agora of the Italians ⓘ House of Dionysus ⓘ House of the Dolphins ⓘ Sacred Lake ⓘ Stoa of Philip V ⓘ Temple of Apollo ⓘ Terrace of the Lions ⓘ stadium of Delos ⓘ theatre of Delos ⓘ
heritageCriteria	cultural ⓘ
knownFor	cosmopolitan population in antiquity ⓘ extensive archaeological remains ⓘ international sanctuary ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ Aegean islands ⓘ surface form: Cyclades
mythologicalSignificance	birthplace of Apollo ⓘ birthplace of Artemis ⓘ
nearbyIsland	Mykonos ⓘ
partOf	South Aegean ⓘ surface form: South Aegean region
peakProsperityPeriod	2nd century BCE ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
politicalStatusInAntiquity	commercial center ⓘ major trading hub ⓘ religious center ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sacredTo	Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Leto ⓘ ancient Greeks ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1990 ⓘ
uninhabitedPermanently	true ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Ancient Greek religion → hasMajorSanctuary → Delos ⓘ

Isis → worshipCenter → Delos ⓘ

Aegean Sea → hasPart → Delos ⓘ

Apollo → associatedPlace → Delos ⓘ

Apollo → worshipCultCenter → Delos ⓘ

Leto → birthPlaceOfChildren → Delos ⓘ

Leto → sacredIsland → Delos ⓘ

Leto → worshippedAt → Delos ⓘ

Artemis → birthplace → Delos ⓘ

Artemis → majorSanctuary → Delos ⓘ

Delian League → namedAfter → Delos ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Delos

Delian League → headquartersLocation → Delos ⓘ

Delian League → treasuryLocation → Delos ⓘ

Panhellenic cult of Apollo → associatedWithSanctuary → Delos ⓘ

Mykonos → hasNearbyIsland → Delos ⓘ

Mykonos → nearbyUNESCOSite → Delos ⓘ

Blodgett → hasGivenName → Delos ⓘ

subject surface form: Delos A. Blodgett

Hellenistic art → notableCenter → Delos ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Delos ⓘ

Eileithyia → worshipPlace → Delos ⓘ

Agora of the Italians → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

House of Dionysus → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Dionysus (Delos)

House of the Dolphins → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

Stoa of Philip V → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

Stoa of Philip V → locatedOnIsland → Delos ⓘ

Δῆλος → nameInEnglish → Delos ⓘ

Δῆλος → nameInLatin → Delos ⓘ

Delian cult of Apollo → centeredIn → Delos ⓘ

Terrace of the Lions → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

Terrace of the Lions → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Delos ⓘ

theatre of Delos → location → Delos ⓘ

subject surface form: Theatre of Delos

Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Delos ⓘ

Asteria → transformedInto → Delos ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Delos

Asteria → associatedPlace → Delos ⓘ

Temple of Apollo → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo (Delos)

Temple of Apollo → UNESCOSite → Delos ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo (Delos)

Sacred Lake → locatedIn → Delos ⓘ

Sacred Lake → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Delos ⓘ

Sacred Lake → locatedOnIsland → Delos ⓘ

Sacred Lake → category → Delos ⓘ

Westworld (1973 film) → setIn → Delos ⓘ

École française d’Athènes → hasResearchStationAt → Delos ⓘ

Cyclades → contains → Delos ⓘ

Mykonos Old Port → connectsTo → Delos ⓘ

Cyclades regional unit → contains → Delos ⓘ

Aeneas at Delos → depicts → Delos ⓘ