Dorian Hexapolis on Rhodes

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Dorian Hexapolis on Rhodes was an ancient federation of six Dorian Greek cities on the island of Rhodes and nearby coasts, united by shared religious, cultural, and political ties.

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instanceOf Dorian league
ancient Greek federation
religious amphictyony
culturalTiesBasedOn shared Dorian customs and traditions
flourishedInPeriod Archaic period of ancient Greece
Classical period of ancient Greece
hasCenterNear Cape Triopion NERFINISHED
hasCommonInstitutions shared cultural practices
shared political ties
shared religious festivals
hasCoreTerritory island of Rhodes
hasCult cult of Apollo Triopios
hasCulturalBasis shared Dorian heritage
hasCulturalFunction expression of Dorian identity in the southeastern Aegean
hasDialect Doric Greek NERFINISHED
hasEthnicCharacter Dorian Greek NERFINISHED
hasGeopoliticalContext southeastern Aegean Sea
hasHistoricalSource Herodotus NERFINISHED
Strabo NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Ancient Greek
hasMember Cnidus NERFINISHED
Halicarnassus NERFINISHED
Ialysos NERFINISHED
Kamiros NERFINISHED
Kos NERFINISHED
Lindos NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfMemberCities 6
hasPoliticalFunction loose confederation of city-states
hasPrimaryDeity Apollo NERFINISHED
hasReligiousCenter sanctuary of Apollo Triopios NERFINISHED
hasReligiousFestival Triopian games NERFINISHED
hasReligiousFunction amphictyony for common cult of Apollo
hasTerritory nearby coasts of Asia Minor
hasTypeOfMembership independent poleis
locatedInHistoricalRegion Doris in Asia NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Greece NERFINISHED
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partOf wider Dorian presence in the Aegean
politicalStructure federation without centralized state
relatedTo Dorian Pentapolis NERFINISHED
religiousTiesBasedOn common worship of Apollo at Triopion

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Kamiros partOf Dorian Hexapolis on Rhodes