Elymian

E470475

ancient people ethnic group

The Elymians were an ancient people of western Sicily, known from classical sources as one of the island’s indigenous groups alongside the Sicels and Sicanians.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Elymian canonical	1
Elymians	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
absorbedInto	Roman Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliedWith	Carthaginians NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	fortified hilltop settlements ⓘ inscriptions in Elymian language ⓘ
associatedSite	Monte Barbaro (Segesta) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Erice NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Sicanians NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicels NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom	Greek culture ⓘ Phoenician-Punic culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultureArea	central-western Sicily ⓘ
declinePeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	classical sources ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ trade with Greeks and Phoenicians ⓘ
engagedIn	warfare with Greek colonies ⓘ
ethnonym	Elymians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital	Segesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCultSite	sanctuary of Venus Erycina at Eryx NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement	Entella NERFINISHED ⓘ Eryx NERFINISHED ⓘ Segesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFrom	Greek historians ⓘ Roman historians ⓘ
language	Elymian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	uncertain ⓘ
locatedIn	western Sicily ⓘ
materialCulture	mixed indigenous and Greek elements ⓘ
mentionedBy	Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringPeople	Greeks in Sicily ⓘ Phoenicians NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCityState	Eryx NERFINISHED ⓘ Segesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ancient peoples of Sicily ⓘ
politicalOrganization	city-states ⓘ
religion	polytheism ⓘ
status	extinct people ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet (adapted for Elymian) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Siculian → coexistedWith → Elymian ⓘ

Sicels → neighboringPeople → Elymian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elymians