Classical Greece

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era of ancient Greece historical period

Classical Greece was a formative era of ancient Greek civilization, roughly spanning the 5th to 4th centuries BCE, marked by major advances in art, philosophy, politics, and literature centered in city-states like Athens and Sparta.

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Observed surface forms (6)

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Classical antiquity	3
Classical period of Ancient Greece	2
Classical period of ancient Greece	2
Classical Greek period	1
Greek Classical period	1
classical Greece	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of ancient Greece ⓘ historical period ⓘ
endTime	4th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Greece
follows	Archaic Greece ⓘ
hasAlliance	Delian League ⓘ Peloponnesian League ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Corinthian order ⓘ Doric order ⓘ Ionic order ⓘ
hasCapital	none ⓘ
hasCulturalAchievement	advances in historiography ⓘ codification of medical ethics (Hippocratic Oath) ⓘ development of classical Greek architecture ⓘ development of classical Greek sculpture ⓘ development of formal logic (Aristotle) ⓘ flourishing of Greek comedy ⓘ flourishing of Greek tragedy ⓘ foundations of Western political theory ⓘ systematic philosophy ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	maritime trade ⓘ olive cultivation ⓘ silver mining (Laurion) ⓘ wine production ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment	direct democracy (Athens) ⓘ mixed constitution (Sparta) ⓘ
hasLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasLegacy	canonical works of literature and drama ⓘ enduring architectural canons ⓘ foundation of Western philosophy ⓘ influence on Roman culture ⓘ model for later democratic systems ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Argos ⓘ Athens ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Megara ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Sparta ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
hasNotableArtist	Phidias ⓘ Polykleitos ⓘ Praxiteles ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon Propylaea ⓘ Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ Battle of Marathon ⓘ Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
hasNotableHistorian	Herodotus ⓘ Thucydides ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ
hasNotableInstitution	Areopagus ⓘ Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia) ⓘ Athenian Council of 500 (Boule) ⓘ Spartan Ephors ⓘ Sparta ⓘ surface form: Spartan Gerousia
hasNotableLeader	Alcibiades ⓘ Epaminondas ⓘ Leonidas I ⓘ Pericles ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ Themistocles ⓘ
hasNotablePhilosopher	Anaxagoras ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ Democritus ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
hasNotablePlaywright	Aeschylus ⓘ Aristophanes ⓘ Euripides ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ
hasNotableSanctuary	Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ surface form: Sanctuary of Delphi sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
hasNotableScientist	Aristarchus of Samos ⓘ surface form: Aristarchus of Samos (late Classical / early Hellenistic) Euclid ⓘ surface form: Euclid (late Classical / early Hellenistic) Hippocrates ⓘ
hasNotableStatesman	Cleisthenes of Sicyon ⓘ surface form: Cleisthenes (early Classical) Demosthenes ⓘ Pericles ⓘ
hasNotableWar	Corinthian War ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ Sacred Wars ⓘ
hasPantheon	Olympian gods ⓘ
hasPoliticalSystem	Athenian democracy ⓘ Sparta ⓘ surface form: Spartan oligarchy polis system ⓘ tyranny (in some city-states) ⓘ
hasReligion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ
partOf	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
startTime	5th century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (160)

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

Pythagoras of Rhegion → activeIn → Classical Greece ⓘ

Aspasia of Miletus → activeInPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Isocrates → citizenship → Classical Greece ⓘ

Demosthenes (general) → civilization → Classical Greece ⓘ

Corinthian War → conflictIn → Classical Greece ⓘ

Third Sacred War → conflictIn → Classical Greece ⓘ

Thargelia → countryInAntiquity → Classical Greece ⓘ

Herodotus → countryOfCitizenship → Classical Greece ⓘ

Anabasis → countryOfOrigin → Classical Greece ⓘ

History of the Peloponnesian War → countryOfOrigin → Classical Greece ⓘ

Memorabilia → countryOfOrigin → Classical Greece ⓘ

Socrates' Thinkery → countryOfOrigin → Classical Greece ⓘ

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → countryOfOrigin → Classical Greece ⓘ

Diotima of Mantinea → culturalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → culturalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

Mycenaean civilization → culturalInfluenceOn → Classical Greece ⓘ

Delphi archaeological site → culturalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Epidaurus → culturalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Statue of Zeus at Olympia → culturalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Classical Greek architecture → developedInPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Alcibiades → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Argead dynasty → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Amphipolis → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Chaeronea → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Delium → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Lechaeum → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Pylos → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Salamis → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Cimon → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Demosthenes → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Dionysius I of Syracuse → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Herodotus → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Iphicrates → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Long Walls → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Lysander → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Meton of Athens → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical period of Ancient Greece

Miltiades the Younger → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pammenes of Thebes → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Parmenides → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical antiquity

Peloponnesian War → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pericles → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pherae → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Philip II of Macedon → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Spartan king Pleistoanax → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Pleistoanax

Sicilian Expedition → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Sophroniscus (father) → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophroniscus

Themistocles → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Thucydides → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Xanthippus → era → Classical Greece ⓘ

Eleusinian Mysteries → floruitPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ