Syracusans

E383395

ancient Greek people inhabitants of Syracuse

The Syracusans were the inhabitants of the ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse in Sicily, known for their powerful navy and for defeating the Athenian expedition during the Peloponnesian War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Syracusans canonical	2
Syracusan	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek people ⓘ inhabitants of Syracuse ⓘ
alliedWith	Spartans ⓘ
capital	Syracuse ⓘ
country	Syracuse ⓘ
culture	Greek culture ⓘ
defeated	Athenian fleet in the Great Harbor of Syracuse ⓘ Athenian land forces during the Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ trade ⓘ
engagedIn	wars with Carthage ⓘ wars with other Sicilian Greek cities ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
founded	colonies in Sicily ⓘ colonies in southern Italy ⓘ
knownFor	defeating the Athenian Sicilian Expedition ⓘ maritime power in the central Mediterranean ⓘ powerful navy ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
militaryStrength	naval power ⓘ strong land army ⓘ
notableCitizen	Archimedes ⓘ Epicharmus of Kos ⓘ Theocritus ⓘ
notableRuler	Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ Gelon of Gela ⓘ surface form: Gelon of Syracuse Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ surface form: Hiero I of Syracuse Hieron II of Syracuse ⓘ surface form: Hiero II of Syracuse
opposed	Athenians ⓘ
participatedIn	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
partOf	Greek world ⓘ
region	central Mediterranean ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
used	triremes ⓘ
usedGovernmentForm	democracy ⓘ oligarchy ⓘ tyranny ⓘ
worshipped	Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Zeus ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Nicias → capturedBy → Syracusans ⓘ

Nicias → executedBy → Syracusans ⓘ

Polemarchus → ethnicOrigin → Syracusans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syracusan