Molossians

E518805

ancient Greek tribe ethnic group

The Molossians were an ancient Greek tribal people of Epirus, historically notable as the ruling dynasty’s ethnic base and for their association with figures like Pyrrhus of Epirus.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Molossian tribe	2
Molossian aristocracy	1
Molossis	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek tribe ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alliedWith	Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ King Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Dione NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Passaron NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimedDescentFrom	Aeacus NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	ancient Greek culture ⓘ
economyBasedOn	animal husbandry ⓘ transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicBaseOf	Epirote monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
joinedPoliticalUnion	Epirote League NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	pastoral economy ⓘ strong cavalry ⓘ
language	Northwest Doric Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterCapital	Dodona NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheHistoricalRegion	Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Greece ⓘ
mentionedBy	Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythicalAncestor	Molossus NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythicalAncestorFather	Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythicalAncestorMother	Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighbouringTribe	Chaonians NERFINISHED ⓘ Thesprotians NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Alcetas I of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander I of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Arybbas of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	wars of Pyrrhus ⓘ
partOf	Epirote tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalUnion	Epirote League NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionNowIn	modern Greece ⓘ southern Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousCenter	Oracle of Dodona NERFINISHED ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Aeacid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialOrganization	tribal kingdom ⓘ
subgroupOf	Epirotes NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Neoptolemus I of Epirus → associatedPeople → Molossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molossian aristocracy

Neoptolemus I of Epirus → associatedPlace → Molossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molossis

Aeacidae → associatedWithPeople → Molossians ⓘ

Alexander of Epirus → ethnicGroup → Molossians ⓘ

Molossian kings of Epirus → ethnicGroup → Molossians ⓘ

Neoptolemus I of Epirus → ethnicGroup → Molossians ⓘ

Epirote League → hasPart → Molossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molossian tribe

Molossian kings of Epirus → ruledOver → Molossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Molossian tribe