Trikka

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ancient city archaeological site

Trikka (also known as Trikala) is an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, traditionally regarded as the birthplace and principal cult center of the healing god Asclepius.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Trikka canonical 2
Tricca 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Trikka ⓘ
surface form: Tricca

Trikala ⓘ
Trikkaia ⓘ
associatedWith Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) ⓘ
surface form: Asclepiads (mythical family of physicians)
country Greece ⓘ
hasCultType healing cult ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance center of Asclepius worship in Thessaly ⓘ
hasDeity Asclepius ⓘ
hasEtymologyPossiblyFrom pre-Greek toponym ⓘ
hasGreekName Τρίκαλα ⓘ
Τρίκκα ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman period
hasMythologicalAssociation healing ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
hasTypeOfSanctuary Temple of Asclepius ⓘ
surface form: Asclepieion
locatedIn Thessaly ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
surface form: ancient Thessaly
locatedInModernAdministrativeRegion Thessaly ⓘ
surface form: Thessaly periphery
locatedInPresentDayMunicipality Trikala ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Litheos River ⓘ
mentionedBy Homer ⓘ
mentionedIn Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Iliad
modernSuccessor city of Trikala ⓘ
partOf ancient Greek world ⓘ
ancient Thessalian tetrarchy of Estiaiotis ⓘ
principalCultCenterOf Asclepius ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs birthplace of Asclepius ⓘ
worshipCenterOf Asclepius ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) → associatedWithPlace → Trikka ⓘ
subject surface form: Asclepiades
Trikala → historicalName → Trikka ⓘ
Trikka → alsoKnownAs → Trikka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tricca