Helike
E440503
Helike was an ancient Greek coastal city in Achaea, famed for its sudden destruction by an earthquake and tsunami in the 4th century BCE and often linked to the legend of Atlantis.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
lost city ⓘ |
| approximateDestructionDate | 373 BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRegion | modern Achaea, Greece ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSiteLocatedNear |
modern village of Eliki
ⓘ
modern village of Rizomylos ⓘ |
| buriedUnder | alluvial deposits ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| cultTitleOfPoseidon | Helikonios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Ancient Achaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
earthquake
ⓘ
tsunami ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
| event | destruction in 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavationBegan | 1990s ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadHarbor | yes ⓘ |
| hadTempleDedicatedTo | Poseidon Helikonios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredSpeculationBy | modern Atlantis theorists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with the Atlantis legend
ⓘ
being submerged under the sea ⓘ destruction by tsunami ⓘ sudden destruction by earthquake ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedToMyth | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Achaea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ region of Aegialos ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gulf of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | coast of the Corinthian Gulf ⓘ |
| majorDeity | Poseidon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Aelian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
example of earthquake-induced subsidence
ⓘ
tsunami hazard evidence in the Corinthian Gulf ⓘ |
| partOf | Achaean League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Greek city-state ⓘ |
| rediscoveredBy | Helike Project archaeologists ⓘ |
| rediscoveryCentury | late 20th century ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| remainsReportedVisibleFor | centuries after submergence ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Achaean League ⓘ |
| submergedIn | sea after destruction ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| urbanType | polis ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.