Cumae

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Cumae was an ancient Greek colony in Italy, renowned as one of the earliest Hellenic settlements in the West and famous for its oracle, the Cumaean Sibyl.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cumae canonical 19
Cumae in Italy 2
Cumae region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony
ancient Greek city
archaeological site
abandonedInCentury 13th century AD
allyInBattle Syracuse
associatedMythologicalFigure Aeneas
Apollo
Hecate
battleOccurredNear Battle of Cumae (474 BC)
battleOpponent Etruscans
conqueredBy Campanians
Hannibal (temporarily influenced region)
Romans
Samnites
country Italy
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
surface form: late Roman Empire
famousFor Sibyl
surface form: Cumaean Sibyl

Sibyl
surface form: oracle of the Sibyl
foundedBy Greek colonists from Euboea
settlers from Chalcis
settlers from Eretria
foundedInApproximateYear c. 750 BC
foundedInCentury 8th century BC
governedBy Roman Empire
Roman Republic
hasPlaceOfWorship Sanctuary of the Cumaean Sibyl
hasStructure Classical Greek architecture
surface form: Greek temples

Roman temples
Sibyl’s cave
acropolis
amphitheatre
city walls
forum
heritageDesignation archaeological park
languageUsed Ancient Greek
laterLanguageUsed Latin
laterReligion Christianity
Roman religion
locatedIn Campania
Phlegraean Fields volcanic system
surface form: Phlegraean Fields
locatedNear Gulf of Naples
surface form: Bay of Naples

Naples
Puteoli
surface form: Pozzuoli
locatedOn Tyrrhenian Sea
mentionedByAuthor Virgil
mentionedInWork Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid
modernMunicipality Bacoli
partOf Magna Graecia
religion ancient Greek religion

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

Magna Graecia hasPart Cumae
Misenum near Cumae
ancient Italy majorCity Cumae
Baiae locatedNear Cumae
Chalcis colonized Cumae
this entity surface form: Cumae in Italy
Daedalus associatedWithPlace Cumae
this entity surface form: Cumae in Italy
Campani associatedWithCity Cumae
this entity surface form: Cumae region
Via Domitiana connects Cumae
Chalcidians colonized Cumae
Campanians mainCity Cumae
Sibyl’s cave locatedIn Cumae
Bacoli contains Cumae
Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas) bodyDiscoveredAt Cumae
subject surface form: Misenus
Mercury worshipCenter Cumae