Trachis
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Trachis was an ancient Greek town in Thessaly, near Thermopylae, known in myth as the place where Heracles spent his final days and where his son Hyllus later settled.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek town ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Sophocles' tragedy "Women of Trachis" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heracles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hyllus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| describedBy |
Herodotus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymology | name related to Greek word for "rugged" or "rough" terrain ⓘ |
| GreekName | Τραχίς NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Malians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy | Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterNameOfArea | Trachinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LatinName | Trachin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Thessaly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
region of Malis ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Oeta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thermopylae NERFINISHED ⓘ river Spercheios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
place where Heracles died
ⓘ
place where Heracles spent his final days ⓘ place where Heracles was taken to Mount Oeta for his pyre ⓘ place where Hyllus later settled ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Heraclea Trachinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCityFoundedBy | Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPass | Thermopylae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Malian territory ⓘ |
| regionType | mountainous area ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | near the main pass between Thessaly and central Greece ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.