Naxos (Sicily)

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Greek colony ancient Greek city archaeological site

Naxos (Sicily) was an ancient Greek colony on the eastern coast of Sicily, regarded as one of the earliest Hellenic settlements in the region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Giardini-Naxos 2
Naxos 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient Greek city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalRemainsInclude city walls ⓘ
house foundations ⓘ
sanctuary remains ⓘ
colonizedBy Chalcidians ⓘ
Ionians ⓘ
surface form: Euboeans

Ionians ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek culture ⓘ
dedicatedSanctuaryTo Aphrodite ⓘ
Aphrodite ⓘ
surface form: Aphrodite Pandemos
destroyedBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
destroyedInYearApprox 403 BC ⓘ
earliestGreekSettlementIn Sicily ⓘ
western Mediterranean ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Ionian Greek ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists from Chalcis in Euboea ⓘ
Theocles ⓘ
Thucles ⓘ
foundedColonies Catana ⓘ
Himera ⓘ
Leontini ⓘ
Zancle ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century BC ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 734 BC ⓘ
735 BC ⓘ
hadSanctuary Sanctuary of Aphrodite ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPark Parco Archeologico di Naxos ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
locatedNear Naxos (Sicily) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Giardini-Naxos

Mount Etna ⓘ
Taormina ⓘ
locatedOn eastern coast of Sicily ⓘ
mentionedBy Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
modernSiteWithin Naxos (Sicily) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Giardini-Naxos
namedAfter Naxos ⓘ
surface form: Naxos (Aegean island)
overlooks Ionian Sea ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
politicalOrganization polis ⓘ
populationDeportedBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
region Sicily ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
successorSettlement Tauromenium ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Aegean Sea → hasPart → Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naxos
Magna Graecia → hasPart → Naxos (Sicily) ⓘ
Naxos (Sicily) → locatedNear → Naxos (Sicily) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giardini-Naxos
Naxos (Sicily) → modernSiteWithin → Naxos (Sicily) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Giardini-Naxos