Sybaris

E51792

ancient Greek city

Sybaris was an ancient Greek city in southern Italy famed for its immense wealth and legendary luxury.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sybaris canonical	18
Sybarites	2
Poseidonia	1
ancient city of Sybaris	1
plain of Sybaris	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Parco Archeologico di Sibari ⓘ
citizensKnownAs	Sybaris self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sybarites
conflictedWith	Croton ⓘ
country	Magna Graecia ⓘ
culture	Hellenic ⓘ
destroyedAroundYear	510 BC ⓘ
destroyedBy	Croton ⓘ
destroyedHow	diversion of the Crathis River over the site ⓘ
destroyedInCentury	6th century BC ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ
foundedAroundYear	720 BC ⓘ
foundedBy	Achaeans ⓘ surface form: Achaean Greeks Arcadians ⓘ surface form: Troezenians
foundedInCentury	8th century BC ⓘ
hadColonies	Laus ⓘ Scidrus ⓘ
hadPoliticalSystem	oligarchy ⓘ
hasLegacy	word "sybarite" meaning lover of luxury ⓘ
knownFor	immense wealth ⓘ legendary luxury ⓘ proverbial decadence ⓘ refined lifestyle ⓘ sumptuous banquets ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
locatedBetween	Crathis River ⓘ Sybaris River ⓘ
locatedIn	Calabria ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
locatedOn	Gulf of Tarentum ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Taranto
mentionedBy	Athenaeus ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
modernCountry	Italy ⓘ
modernSiteIn	Province of Cosenza ⓘ
modernSiteNear	Sibari ⓘ
partOf	Magna Graecia ⓘ
populationStatus	one of the most populous cities of Magna Graecia ⓘ
refoundedAroundYear	444 BC ⓘ
refoundedAs	Thurii ⓘ
refoundedInCentury	5th century BC ⓘ
refoundedUnder	Pericles ⓘ surface form: Pericles of Athens
region	Lucania ⓘ
reputation	symbol of luxury in classical literature ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ
wealthSource	control of trade routes ⓘ fertile plains ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Sybaris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poseidonia

Lucania → majorCity → Sybaris ⓘ

Sybaris → citizensKnownAs → Sybaris self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sybarites

Croton → engagedInWarWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Croton → destroyedCity → Sybaris ⓘ

Metapontum → alliedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Troizen → foundedColony → Sybaris ⓘ

Paestum → foundedBy → Sybaris ⓘ

Thurii → foundedOnSiteOf → Sybaris ⓘ

Sybaris River → associatedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Sybaris River → flowsThrough → Sybaris ⓘ

Sybaris River → drains → Sybaris ⓘ

this entity surface form: plain of Sybaris

Parco Archeologico di Sibari → hasArchaeologicalLayer → Sybaris ⓘ

Laus → foundedBy → Sybaris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sybarites

Laus → associatedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Scidrus → associatedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Scidrus → colonialOrigin → Sybaris ⓘ

Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia → notableColony → Sybaris ⓘ

Crathis River → associatedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

Crathis River → historicallyAssociatedWith → Sybaris ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Sybaris

Western Greek world → hasPart → Sybaris ⓘ