Akragas

E55843

ancient Greek city polis

Akragas was an important ancient Greek city on the southern coast of Sicily, renowned for its wealth, powerful status, and monumental temples.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Agrigento	5
Agrigentum	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ polis ⓘ
alliedWith	Syracuse ⓘ
ancientName	Ἀκράγας ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Valley of the Temples ⓘ
besiegedBy	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians
capturedBy	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians
capturedIn	406 BC ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culture	Dorian Greek ⓘ
dedicatedSanctuaryTo	Athena ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Hera ⓘ Zeus ⓘ surface form: Zeus Olympios
enemyOf	Carthage ⓘ
founded	c. 580 BC ⓘ
foundedBy	Cretan colonists ⓘ Greek colonists from Gela ⓘ Rhodian colonists ⓘ
governedBy	tyranny of Phalaris ⓘ tyranny of Theron ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Asclepius ⓘ Temple of Concordia ⓘ Temple of Demeter ⓘ Temple of Hephaestus ⓘ Temple of Hera Lacinia ⓘ Temple of Heracles ⓘ Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ
hasType	archaeological site ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Valley of the Temples, Agrigento) ⓘ
knownFor	Valley of the Temples ⓘ monumental temples ⓘ powerful status ⓘ wealth ⓘ
latinName	Akragas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agrigentum
locatedIn	Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ southern coast of Sicily ⓘ
modernSite	Akragas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agrigento
namedAfter	river Gela ⓘ surface form: Akragas River
notableCitizen	Empedocles ⓘ
notableRuler	Phalaris ⓘ Theron of Akragas ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Himera ⓘ
partOf	Roman Republic ⓘ
peakPeriod	5th century BC ⓘ
region	Sicily ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
romanName	Akragas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Agrigentum

Referenced by (12)

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

Himera → alliedWith → Akragas ⓘ

Empedocles → associatedWith → Akragas ⓘ

Empedocles → birthPlace → Akragas ⓘ

Gela → colonized → Akragas ⓘ

Sicily → hasCity → Akragas ⓘ