Sigeion
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Sigeion was an ancient Greek city in the Troad region near the entrance to the Hellespont, strategically important for controlling access to the Black Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sigeion canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
polis ⓘ |
| ancientName | Σίγειον NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian imperial interests in the Hellespont
ⓘ
Lesbian (Mytilenaean) colonial activity ⓘ |
| contestedBy |
Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mytilene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | ancient Troy region ⓘ |
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| function |
harbour town
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ trading station ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | remains on the Aegean coast of the Troad ⓘ |
| hasFeature | fortifications (in antiquity) ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | abandoned in later antiquity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conflicts between Athens and Mytilene
ⓘ
strategic maritime position ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Sea access routes ⓘ Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ entrance to the Hellespont ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Aegean coast of northwestern Anatolia ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Herodotus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Achilleion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gallipoli peninsula (across the strait) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhoiteion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigeion promontory NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojan plain ⓘ mouth of the Scamander River ⓘ site of ancient Troy ⓘ |
| partOf | Greek colonial network in the Hellespont region ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Athenian sphere of influence in the Classical period ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal settlement ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of access to the Black Sea
ⓘ
control of shipping through the Hellespont ⓘ |
| strategicRole | monitoring traffic between Aegean and Black Sea ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.