Ilisos River (historical course)
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The Ilisos River (historical course) is an ancient river of Athens, now largely covered or diverted, that once flowed near the area of modern Kallithea and played an important role in the city’s classical landscape and sanctuaries.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ilissos River (historic course) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient river
ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ |
| archaeologicalInterest | traces of ancient riverbed and sanctuaries along its banks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
classical Athens
ⓘ
religious practices in classical Athens ⓘ sanctuaries of Athens ⓘ |
| city | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Cephisus River (Athens) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| coveredBy | modern road network of Athens ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | site of philosophical dialogues in literary tradition ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Saronic Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalChange | urbanization of Athens ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionedAs | natural boundary of ancient city area ⓘ |
| hasModernRemnant | Ilisos stream segments in Athens ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Ilisos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCoursePassedNear |
Temple of Olympian Zeus area
ⓘ
modern Kallithea ⓘ southeastern slopes of the Acropolis ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
associated with ancient sanctuaries
ⓘ
important in classical Athenian landscape ⓘ |
| impactOfModernDevelopment |
channelization
ⓘ
partial burial in culverts ⓘ |
| landscapeType | riparian landscape in classical Athens ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Athens
ⓘ
Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
ancient Greek literature
ⓘ
works of Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Saronic Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Acropolis of Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ardettos Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympieion (Temple of Olympian Zeus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Panathenaic Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Kallithea ⓘ |
| partiallyVisibleAt | certain open sections in modern Athens ⓘ |
| partOf | hydrological system of ancient Athens ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Ilisos River (modern channel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
largely covered
ⓘ
partly diverted ⓘ |
| timePeriod | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| topographicalContext | eastern and southeastern edge of ancient Athens ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Saronic Gulf coastal drainage ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ritual purification in antiquity
ⓘ
water supply in antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ilissos River (historic course)