Sikyon

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ancient Greek city-state polis

Sikyon was an ancient Greek city-state in the northern Peloponnese, known for its artistic and cultural achievements, especially in sculpture and painting.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
municipality of Sikyon	3
Sikyon canonical	2
Sicyonian polis	1
ancient city of Sicyon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city-state ⓘ polis ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalInfluence	development of Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ development of classical Greek painting ⓘ
currency	Sicyonian coinage ⓘ
floruit	Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
governedBy	tyrants of the Orthagorid dynasty ⓘ
hasAgora	agora of Sikyon ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	ruins of Sikyon ⓘ
hasArtSchool	Sicyonian school of painting ⓘ Sicyonian school of painting ⓘ surface form: Sicyonian school of sculpture
hasModernSiteNear	Vasiliko, Greece ⓘ
hasSanctuary	sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ sanctuary of Artemis ⓘ sanctuary of Hera ⓘ
hasTheatre	ancient theatre of Argos ⓘ surface form: ancient theatre of Sikyon
hasTypeOfGovernment	federal citizenship within Achaean League ⓘ oligarchy (in Classical period) ⓘ tyranny (in Archaic period) ⓘ
knownFor	artistic achievements ⓘ cultural achievements ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Peloponnese ⓘ region of Corinthia ⓘ
locatedNear	Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
mentionedBy	Pausanias ⓘ Polybius ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
modernNameVariant	Sicyon ⓘ
notableArtist	Apelles ⓘ surface form: Apelles (trained in Sikyon) Eupompus ⓘ Lysippus ⓘ Pamphilus of Sicyon ⓘ surface form: Pamphilus of Sikyon
notableRuler	Aratus of Sicyon ⓘ surface form: Aratus of Sikyon Cleisthenes of Sicyon ⓘ surface form: Cleisthenes of Sikyon
participatedIn	Peloponnesian War ⓘ wars of the Achaean League ⓘ
partOf	Achaia ⓘ surface form: Achaia (geographical region) Peloponnese ⓘ
politicalStatus	member of the Achaean League ⓘ subject city of Macedon at times ⓘ under Roman influence in Hellenistic period ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Treasury of the Sikyonians → dedicatedBy → Sikyon ⓘ

Treasury of the Sikyonians → patronCityState → Sikyon ⓘ

Stymphalia → partOf → Sikyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: municipality of Sikyon

Kiato → partOf → Sikyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: municipality of Sikyon

Kiato → administrativeCenterOf → Sikyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: municipality of Sikyon

Vasiliko → locatedNear → Sikyon ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Sicyon

sanctuary of Apollo → associatedWith → Sikyon ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Sicyon

this entity surface form: Sicyonian polis