Lion of Chaeronea

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The Lion of Chaeronea is an ancient funerary monument in Greece commemorating the Sacred Band of Thebes, who fell in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.

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Label Occurrences
Lion of Chaeronea canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek monument
funerary monument
approximateDate 4th century BC
associatedWith Macedonian conquest of Greece NERFINISHED
Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED
Thebes NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Battle of Chaeronea NERFINISHED
category Ancient Greek sculpture
Monuments and memorials in Greece
commemorates Battle of Chaeronea NERFINISHED
Sacred Band of Thebes NERFINISHED
Theban soldiers
country Greece
culture Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Sacred Band of Thebes NERFINISHED
depicts lion
discoveredInCentury 19th century
era Classical period of Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
function tomb monument
war memorial
hasType grave marker
sculpture
heritageDesignation archaeological monument
isPartOf Chaeronea battlefield site NERFINISHED
locatedIn Boeotia NERFINISHED
Chaeronea NERFINISHED
Greece
materialUsed stone
reconstructedInCentury 20th century
yearOfEventCommemorated 338 BC

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Chaeronea hasMonument Lion of Chaeronea
Theban Sacred Band memorial Lion of Chaeronea