Abdera

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ancient Greek city polis

Abdera was an ancient Greek city in Thrace, historically notable as the hometown of the philosopher Democritus.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abdera canonical 6
Thracian city of Seuthopolis 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
polis ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Abdera archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Democritus ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool atomism ⓘ
citizenOf Anaxarchus ⓘ
Bion of Borysthenes ⓘ
surface form: Bion of Abdera

Democritus ⓘ
Hecataeus of Abdera ⓘ
Protagoras ⓘ
conqueredBy Lysimachus ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
countryDuringClassicalPeriod Kingdom of Thrace ⓘ
currency Abderan coinage ⓘ
declinePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
foundationCenturyBC 7th century BC ⓘ
foundedBy colonists from Clazomenae ⓘ
governedBy democratic institutions (in classical period) ⓘ
hasDepictionOnCoins Heracles ⓘ
griffin ⓘ
hasTypeOfRemains city walls ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
knownFor being the hometown of Democritus ⓘ
philosophical tradition ⓘ
wealth in classical period ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece

Thrace ⓘ
coastal region ⓘ
locatedInModernRegion Thrace ⓘ
surface form: Western Thrace
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
memberOf Delian League ⓘ
modernCountry Greece ⓘ
namedAfter Abderus ⓘ
nearModernSettlement Avdira ⓘ
paidTributeTo Athens ⓘ
refoundationCenturyBC 6th century BC ⓘ
refoundedBy Timesius of Clazomenae ⓘ
surface form: Timesias of Clazomenae

colonists from Teos ⓘ
regionType Ionian colony ⓘ
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion ⓘ
sufferedEvent Macedonian domination ⓘ
Persian invasion ⓘ
devastation in Peloponnesian War ⓘ
tributeAssessment 15 talents ⓘ
underControlOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Democritus → birthPlace → Abdera ⓘ
Protagoras → birthPlace → Abdera ⓘ
Protagoras → associatedWith → Abdera ⓘ
Leucippus → associatedWith → Abdera ⓘ
Koprinka Dam → locatedNear → Abdera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thracian city of Seuthopolis
Anaxarchus → birthPlace → Abdera ⓘ
Anaxarchus → citizenship → Abdera ⓘ