polis of Athens

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The polis of Athens was the influential ancient Greek city-state renowned for pioneering democracy, fostering philosophy and the arts, and dominating regional politics and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Athenian polis 17
Athenian state 4
polis of Athens canonical 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state
historical polity
polis
capital Athens
citizenshipRestrictedTo free adult male citizens
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalPeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
currency Athenian drachma
dominantMilitaryBranch navy
ethnicGroup Athenians
flourishedIn 4th century BC
5th century BC
formed Delian League
foundedBefore 8th century BC
hasGovernmentForm aristocracy
direct democracy
oligarchy
tyranny
hasInstitution Areopagus
surface form: Areopagus Council

Boule
Ecclesia
Heliaia
strategoi
hasPart Acropolis of Athens
Agora of Athens
Areopagus
Long Walls
Piraeus
Pnyx hill
surface form: Pnyx
knownFor architecture
comedy
cultural influence
drama
naval power
philosophy
pioneering democracy
regional political dominance
the arts
tragedy
language Ancient Greek
leaderDuring Alcibiades
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Themistocles
legalSystem Athenian law
locatedIn Attica
Greece
mainPort Piraeus
notableCitizen Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Euripides
Herodotus
Plato
Socrates
Sophocles
Thucydides
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
patronDeity Athena
politicalSystemInfluenced Roman Republic
modern democracies
religion ancient Greek religion
rival Spartan polis
surface form: polis of Sparta

polis of Thebes
usedWritingSystem Greek alphabet

Referenced by (22)

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Athenian drachma issuingAuthority polis of Athens
Athenian Treasury belongsTo polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athenian cavalry usedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athenian cavalry fundingSource polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian state
Thirty Years' Peace signatory polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Greater Mysteries supervisedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian state
Eumolpidae recognizedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian state
Haloa organizer polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian state
Colonus partOf polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) appliesToJurisdiction polis of Athens
subject surface form: Athenian Council of 500
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athens Mint operatedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Attic weight system adoptedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Assembly of the Demos appliesToJurisdiction polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athenian obol mintingAuthority polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Philaidae family regionOfInfluence polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Battle of Nemea associatedPolities polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Mint of Athens operatedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Parthenon cella usedBy polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Ariphron citizenship polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Solonian Constitution appliesTo polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Panathenaic amphora sponsor polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis
Athenian legal and constitutional crisis country polis of Athens
this entity surface form: Athenian polis