Classical Greece

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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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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

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Figaleia historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Doric Greek timePeriod Classical Greece
Aeolic Greek historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Argolid historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Olympia, Greece periodOfFlourishing Classical Greece
Iapetids timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
Demosthenes era Classical Greece
Apollo Epicurius timePeriodOfCult Classical Greece
Thucydides era Classical Greece
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene period Classical Greece
this entity surface form: Greek Classical period
Erebus timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
Kriophoros timePeriod Classical Greece
Nike (Greek goddess of victory) timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
subject surface form: Nike
Ephesus partOf Classical Greece
Catana historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Zeno of Elea timePeriod Classical Greece
Archaic Greece precedes Classical Greece
Metapontum timePeriod Classical Greece
Valley of the Temples period Classical Greece
Erytheia timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
Alcibiades era Classical Greece
Phaedo of Elis timePeriod Classical Greece
Athenian drachma timePeriod Classical Greece
this entity surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece
Long Walls era Classical Greece
Echecrates timePeriod Classical Greece
Herodotus countryOfCitizenship Classical Greece
Herodotus era Classical Greece
Phlius historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Thebes partOf Classical Greece
Titanides timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
Zancle timePeriod Classical Greece
Simmias of Thebes historicalContext Classical Greece
Themistocles era Classical Greece
Laurium historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Battle of Delium era Classical Greece
Ichthyas of Megara timePeriod Classical Greece
Pythia timePeriod Classical Greece
Corinthian War conflictIn Classical Greece
Cimon era Classical Greece
Iphicrates era Classical Greece
Battle of Pylos era Classical Greece
Apollo Agyieus worshipPeriod Classical Greece
Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) timePeriod Classical Greece
subject surface form: Asclepiades
Magnetes timePeriod Classical Greece
Malians timePeriod Classical Greece
Laconia historicalEra Classical Greece
Battle of Salamis era Classical Greece
Battle of Mycale historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Cynic school historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Argos historicalPeriod Classical Greece