Thera

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Aegean island ancient Greek island archaeological site island volcanic island

Thera is an ancient Greek island in the Aegean Sea, better known today as Santorini, historically significant as the homeland of colonists who founded Cyrene in North Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thera canonical 13
Thira 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean island ⓘ
ancient Greek island ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
administrativeRegion South Aegean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kalliste ⓘ
Santorini ⓘ
Strongyle ⓘ
ancientRegion South Aegean ⓘ
surface form: Southern Aegean
belongsToRegionalUnit Thira regional unit ⓘ
colonistsLedBy Battus I of Cyrene ⓘ
colonizationOfCyreneOccurredInCentury 7th century BCE ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
formedBy volcanic activity ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Akrotiri (Thera) ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri

Akrotiri (Thera) ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Thera
hasCapital Fira ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction blue-domed churches ⓘ
whitewashed cliffside villages ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity tourism ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature caldera ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Akrotiri (Thera) ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri

Fira ⓘ
Imerovigli ⓘ
Oia ⓘ
Pyrgos Kallistis ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Aspronisi ⓘ
Nea Kameni ⓘ
Palea Kameni ⓘ
Thirasia ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity
historicallySignificantFor Bronze Age civilization at Akrotiri ⓘ
Thera eruption ⓘ
surface form: Minoan eruption

colonization of Cyrene ⓘ
islandGroup Santorini ⓘ
surface form: Santorini archipelago
knownFor caldera views ⓘ
sunset views ⓘ
volcanic landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
modernName Santorini ⓘ
partOf Cyclades ⓘ
Hellenic Arc ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Volcanic Arc
sentColonistsTo Cyrene ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Battus I of Cyrene → countryOfOrigin → Thera ⓘ
Battus I of Cyrene → placeOfBirth → Thera ⓘ
Battus I of Cyrene → residence → Thera ⓘ
Apollo Karneios → veneratedIn → Thera ⓘ
Apollo Karneios → cultCenter → Thera ⓘ
Kyrenaïkē → wasColonyOf → Thera ⓘ
subject surface form: Kyrenaikē
Carneia → associatedPolities → Thera ⓘ
Akrotiri (Thera) → partOf → Thera ⓘ
Battiad dynasty → originatedFrom → Thera ⓘ
Sthavira Nikaya → relatedPaliForm → Thera ⓘ
Thera eruption → occurredOnIsland → Thera ⓘ
Cyclades → contains → Thera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thira
Cyclades regional unit → contains → Thera ⓘ
Apollo Carneius → hasMajorCultRegion → Thera ⓘ