Dorian Hexapolis

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Dorian Hexapolis was a confederation of six ancient Dorian Greek cities that formed a religious and political league centered around shared cults and festivals.

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Label Occurrences
Dorian Hexapolis canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek confederation
political league
religious league
associatedIsland Kos
Rhodes
associatedMainlandArea Caria
centeredOn shared cults and festivals
cultFocus Apollo
culturalFunction expression of Dorian identity
dominantDialect Doric Greek
ethnicCharacter Doric Greek
surface form: Dorian Greek
festivalActivities athletic contests
musical competitions
sacrifices
festivalHeldAt Triopian games
geographicalRegion Caria
Dodecanese NERFINISHED
southwestern Asia Minor
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
knownFromSource Herodotus
Strabo
languageOfMembers Ancient Greek
leagueNameMeaning six cities
locatedNear southwestern coast of Anatolia
mainSanctuaryDedicatedTo Apollo Karneios
surface form: Apollo Triopios
memberCity Halicarnassus
surface form: Halikarnassos

Ialysos
Kamiros
surface form: Kameiros

Knidos
Island of Kos
surface form: Kos

Lindos
numberOfMemberCities 6
partOfBroaderGroup Dorian leagues
politicalBasis common Dorian heritage
politicalFunction inter-city alliance
religiousBasis shared cults
religiousCenter Triopian promontory
religiousFunction common sanctuary management
shared cult organization
religiousTitleOfApollo Apollo Triopios
typeOfFestival athletic festival
religious festival

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

Dorians associatedWith Dorian Hexapolis
Knidos partOf Dorian Hexapolis
Halicarnassus memberOf Dorian Hexapolis