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)

Surface form	Occurrences
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.

Lyceum of Aristotle → foundedInPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Agesilaus → historicalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

Lamprocles → historicalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

Philomelus → historicalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: classical Greece

Simmias of Thebes → historicalContext → Classical Greece ⓘ

Laconia → historicalEra → Classical Greece ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Amphictyonic League → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Argolid → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Argos → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Attica → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Aegospotami → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Arginusae → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Battle of Mycale → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Catana → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Cynic school → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Cynicism → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Figaleia → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Gorgias → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Laurium → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Leonidas I → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Locris → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

On Horsemanship → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Phlius → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Temple of Apollo → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Thessaly → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Xenophon → historicalPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Ways and Means → historicalPeriodDescribed → Classical Greece ⓘ

slope of Mount Parnassus → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical antiquity

Μενέξενoς → historicalPeriodOfUse → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical period of Ancient Greece

Cleon → historicalRegion → Classical Greece ⓘ

Aegean Sea → historicallyAssociatedWith → Classical Greece ⓘ

Argive plain → importantIn → Classical Greece ⓘ

Hellenica → literaryPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Academy of Athens → locatedIn → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Hippodrome of Olympia → operatedInPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Classical Athens → partOf → Classical Greece ⓘ

Ephesus → partOf → Classical Greece ⓘ

Thebes → partOf → Classical Greece ⓘ

Isthmian Games → peakPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Erechtheion → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece

Ion → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)

Propylaea → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

Telesterion at Eleusis → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Classical period

Valley of the Temples → period → Classical Greece ⓘ

Olympia, Greece → periodOfFlourishing → Classical Greece ⓘ

Hellenistic period → precededBy → Classical Greece ⓘ

Archaic Greece → precedes → Classical Greece ⓘ

the Parthenon → symbolOf → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Parthenon