Naxos (Sicily)

E57108

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

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

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