capture of Eion
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The capture of Eion was a 5th-century BCE Athenian military operation led by the general Cimon in which the city of Eion on the Strymon River was seized from Persian control, marking an early success of the Delian League.
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| capture of Eion canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: capture of Eion Context triple: [Cimon, notableWork, capture of Eion]
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Capture of Cerberus
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Taphus
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Battle of the Silarus
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Sirion
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Battle of Tzirallum
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: capture of Eion Target entity description: The capture of Eion was a 5th-century BCE Athenian military operation led by the general Cimon in which the city of Eion on the Strymon River was seized from Persian control, marking an early success of the Delian League.
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A.
Capture of Cerberus
Capture of Cerberus is the twelfth and final labor of the Greek hero Heracles, in which he must descend into the Underworld and bring back Hades’ three-headed guard dog alive.
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B.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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C.
Battle of the Silarus
The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
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D.
Sirion
Sirion is one of the greatest rivers of Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, flowing from the northern regions of Beleriand to the sea and playing a central role in many events of the First Age.
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E.
Battle of Tzirallum
The Battle of Tzirallum was a pivotal 313 AD clash in the Roman civil wars in which Licinius decisively defeated Maximinus Daia, helping secure his control over the Eastern Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Greco-Persian Wars
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military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| after |
Greco-Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Wars
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| associatedWith |
Athenian imperial expansion
ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ |
| before |
Athenian campaigns in Thrace
ⓘ
Athenian conquest of Scyros ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ Delian League ⓘ |
| commander | Cimon ⓘ |
| conflictType | siege ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfEvent | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| describedIn | ancient Greek historiography ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Cimon ⓘ Classical Athens ⓘ Delian League ⓘ siege of Eion ⓘ
surface form:
Persian garrison at Eion
|
| historicalEra | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ledBy | Cimon ⓘ |
| location |
Eion
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Strymonas River ⓘ
surface form:
Strymon River
Thrace ⓘ northern Aegean region ⓘ |
| notableFor |
consolidation of Delian League influence
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early assertion of Athenian naval power in the Aegean ⓘ removal of a Persian stronghold in Thrace ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greco-Persian Wars
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early campaigns of the Delian League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cimon
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Eion ⓘ Strymonas River ⓘ
surface form:
Strymon River
|
| result |
Athenian victory
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Eion brought under Athenian control ⓘ early success of the Delian League ⓘ expulsion of Persian forces from Eion ⓘ |
| side |
Athens
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Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
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| strategicImportance |
control of access to Thracian hinterland
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control of trade routes along the Strymon River ⓘ securing grain and raw materials from Thrace ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
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Subject: capture of Eion Description of subject: The capture of Eion was a 5th-century BCE Athenian military operation led by the general Cimon in which the city of Eion on the Strymon River was seized from Persian control, marking an early success of the Delian League.
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