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.

Aetolians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Alcmaeonid family → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

city of Amphissa → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Amphissa

Aristodemus → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Asclepiades

Athenian army → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Athenian drachma → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical period of ancient Greece

Boeotia → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Boeotians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Castalian Spring → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Dionysian Mysteries → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Dolopes → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Dorians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Doric Greek → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Echecrates → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Elis → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Gymnasium of Delphi → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Hera Parthenos → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Greek period

Ichthyas of Megara → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Ionian Greek → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Ionic Greek → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Kriophoros → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Locrians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Magnetes → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Malians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Metapontum → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Nemean Games → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Orphic Mysteries → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Panhellenic Games → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Panhellenic cult of Apollo → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pella, Greece → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Peloponnesian League → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Phaedo of Elis → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Phocian League → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Phocis → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Polyzalus of Gela → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Prytaneion of Olympia → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pythia → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Pythian Games → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Sacred Way at Delphi → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Spartan army → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

thiasos → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Thiasos

Twelve Olympians → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Zancle → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Zeno of Elea → timePeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ

Apollo Epicurius → timePeriodOfCult → Classical Greece ⓘ

valley of the Alfeios River → timePeriodOfMajorImportance → Classical Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical antiquity

Soter → timePeriodOfUse → Classical Greece ⓘ

Apollo Musagetes → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ

Erebus → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ