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

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 ⓘ

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

Erytheia → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ
Iapetids → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ
Meliae → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ
subject surface form: Nike
Titanides → timePeriodOfWorship → Classical Greece ⓘ
Ancient Greek → usedIn → Classical Greece ⓘ
Pentelic marble → usedInPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ
Athens → wasMajorCityStateIn → Classical Greece ⓘ
Apollo Agyieus → worshipPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ
Asclepius → worshipPeriod → Classical Greece ⓘ