Aulis

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ancient Greek town port town settlement

Aulis is an ancient Greek port town in Boeotia, traditionally known as the place where the Greek fleet gathered before sailing to Troy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
near-sacrifice at Aulis	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek town ⓘ port town ⓘ settlement ⓘ
appearsIn	myths of the Trojan War cycle ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	gathering of Greek fleet for Trojan War ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalFigure	Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ Iphigenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Boeotia ⓘ Former populated places in Greece ⓘ
coastType	Euboean Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalContext	Greek epic tradition ⓘ Greek tragedy ⓘ
hasAuthorWritingAbout	Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiteraryWorkAbout	Iphigenia in Aulis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernSiteNear	modern Avlida ⓘ
hasRole	port ⓘ
knownFor	assembly point of Greek fleet before Trojan War ⓘ departure point for expedition to Troy ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Greek mythology ⓘ Homeric tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	calming of winds by Artemis ⓘ sacrifice of Iphigenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Chalcis NERFINISHED ⓘ Euboea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Boeotian region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance	sanctuary of Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	naval mustering point ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age (mythological setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Achaeans → assembledAt → Aulis ⓘ

Iphigenia → associatedPlace → Aulis ⓘ

Iphigenia → notableEvent → Aulis ⓘ

this entity surface form: near-sacrifice at Aulis

Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → setting → Aulis ⓘ

subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis