Metapontum

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ancient Greek city archaeological site polis

Metapontum was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, known for its fertile land, temples, and role within the colonies of Magna Graecia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Metaponto	1
Metaponto (frazione of Bernalda)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ polis ⓘ
alliedWith	Croton ⓘ Sybaris ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
declineDuring	Roman period ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apollo ⓘ Athena ⓘ Hera ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ cereal cultivation ⓘ
foundedBy	Achaeans ⓘ Greek colonists ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Metapontum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Metaponto
hasIconography	ear of barley on coins ⓘ
hasRemains	Doric temple columns ⓘ house foundations ⓘ sanctuary remains ⓘ
hasStructure	agora ⓘ city walls ⓘ necropolis ⓘ sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ theater ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Apollo ⓘ Temple of Athena ⓘ Temple of Hera ⓘ
knownFor	fertile agricultural land ⓘ production of grain ⓘ temples ⓘ urban planning on a grid plan ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Basilicata ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
locatedNear	Gulf of Tarentum ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Taranto Ionian Sea ⓘ
locatedOn	coast of Lucania ⓘ
memberOf	Achaean League of cities in Magna Graecia ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement	Metapontum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Metaponto (frazione of Bernalda)
participatedIn	political affairs of Magna Graecia ⓘ
partOf	Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia ⓘ
regionInAntiquity	Lucania ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedCurrency	bronze coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ

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

Lucani → conflictedWith → Metapontum ⓘ

Basilicata → containsArchaeologicalSite → Metapontum ⓘ

Pythagoras → deathPlace → Metapontum ⓘ

Metapontum → hasArchaeologicalSite → Metapontum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metaponto

Magna Graecia → hasPart → Metapontum ⓘ

Lucania → majorCity → Metapontum ⓘ

Metapontum → modernNearbySettlement → Metapontum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metaponto (frazione of Bernalda)

Pythagoras → residence → Metapontum ⓘ