Phocians

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ancient Greek people

The Phocians were an ancient Greek people who inhabited the central Greek region of Phocis, known for their role in the Sacred Wars and their strategic control of the sanctuary at Delphi.

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Label Occurrences
Phocians canonical 13

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek people ⓘ
alliedWith Athens ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
capitalCity Elateia ⓘ
controlledSanctuary Delphi ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
culture Greek polis culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
control of Delphic revenues ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Phocis ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
foughtAgainst Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Macedonians under Philip II

Thebans ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct ethnic group ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Phocis ⓘ
language Northwest Greek ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Doric dialect of Ancient Greek
locatedInPresentDay central Greece ⓘ
majorCity Anticyra ⓘ
Hyampolis ⓘ
Lilaea ⓘ
Tithorea ⓘ
memberOf Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
mentionedBySource Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
militaryForces hoplite infantry ⓘ
neighbouringPeople Boeotians ⓘ
Dorians ⓘ
Locrians ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ
notableLeader Onomarchus ⓘ
Phalaecus ⓘ
Phayllus ⓘ
notableWar Third Sacred War ⓘ
participatedInConflict First Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
partOf Greek world ⓘ
politicalOrganization Phocian League ⓘ
primaryDeityVenerated Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
regionTraversedBy Cephissus River ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
strategicAsset control of passes to central Greece ⓘ
proximity to Delphi ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Malians → neighboringPeoples → Phocians ⓘ
Aetolians → neighboringPeoples → Phocians ⓘ
Boeotians → neighboringPeople → Phocians ⓘ
Phocian League → ethnicGroup → Phocians ⓘ
Locrians → neighboringPeople → Phocians ⓘ
Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) → hasParticipant → Phocians ⓘ
Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) → opponent → Phocians ⓘ
Battle of Neon → hasParticipant → Phocians ⓘ
Battle of Neon → opponent → Phocians ⓘ
Boeon → hasEthnicGroup → Phocians ⓘ
Stiris → inhabitedBy → Phocians ⓘ
Tithorea → inhabitedBy → Phocians ⓘ
Neon → inhabitedBy → Phocians ⓘ
subject surface form: Neon (ancient town)