Lycia

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ancient region historical region

Lycia was an ancient region on the southwestern coast of Anatolia, known for its distinctive Lycian civilization, rock-cut tombs, and later incorporation into Greek and Roman spheres.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Lycia canonical 49
ancient Lycia 5
Lycian Coast 3

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalFeature pillar tombs ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
sarcophagi ⓘ
borders Caria ⓘ
Pamphylia ⓘ
Pisidia ⓘ
coastType rugged ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
culturalInfluence Greek culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
hasCapital Xanthos ⓘ
hasDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Leto ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature Mediterranean harbors ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
hasInstitution Lycian League ⓘ
hasLanguage Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian language
hasMajorCity Arycanda ⓘ
Limyra ⓘ
Myra ⓘ
Olympos ⓘ
Patara ⓘ
Phaselis ⓘ
Pinara ⓘ
Kamiros ⓘ
surface form: Tlos

Xanthos ⓘ
hasSanctuary Letoon ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Lycian alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Lycian script
inhabitedBy Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycians
knownFor Hellenistic culture ⓘ
Lycian League ⓘ
Lycian civilization ⓘ
Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian language

Lycian alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Lycian script

Roman provincial architecture ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
laterPartOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Anatolia ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean coast ⓘ
mentionedInSource Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
politicalStructure federal league ⓘ
recognizedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteIncludes Xanthos ⓘ
surface form: Xanthos-Letoon

Referenced by (64)

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

Asia Minor → containedRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Leto → worshippedAt → Lycia ⓘ
Leto → LetoonLocation → Lycia ⓘ
Milyan → spokenInHistoricalRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Lycian → spokenIn → Lycia ⓘ
Saint Nicholas of Myra → placeOfActivity → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylia → borderedBy → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylia → mergedWith → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylia → formedProvince → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycia et Pamphylia
Caria → borders → Lycia ⓘ
Saint Christopher → associatedPlace → Lycia ⓘ
Letoon → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Chimera → originatesFrom → Lycia ⓘ
Chimera → guardedRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Sarpedon → associatedWith → Lycia ⓘ
Sarpedon → bodyTransportedTo → Lycia ⓘ
Sarpedon → buriedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Bellerophon (later hero associated with Corinthian region) → associatedWith → Lycia ⓘ
subject surface form: Bellerophon
Nicholas the Wonderworker → placeOfBishopric → Lycia ⓘ
Nicholas the Wonderworker → birthRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Bellerophon → associatedWith → Lycia ⓘ
Anatolian coast → includesRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Gaius Caesar → deathPlace → Lycia ⓘ
Lycian II → region → Lycia ⓘ
Lycian II → spokenIn → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Lycia
Lycian alphabet → usedInRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Lycian alphabet → associatedCulture → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycian civilization
Eastern Roman provinces → includedProvince → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycia et Pamphylia
Teke Peninsula → formedCoreOf → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Lycia
Teke Peninsula → partOf → Lycia ⓘ
Teke Peninsula → containsRegion → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycian Coast
Bishop of Myra → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Bishop of Myra → historicalRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Myra → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Myra → historicalRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Myra (given name) → possibleEtymology → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: influenced by the place name "Myra" in Lycia
Pisidia → borders → Lycia ⓘ
Pamphylians → neighboringRegion → Lycia ⓘ
southern Anatolia → hasHistoricalRegion → Lycia ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Anatolia
Cibyrrhaeot Theme → includedRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Turkish coast → hasPart → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycian Coast
Patara → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Patara → ancientRegion → Lycia ⓘ
Pinara → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Olympos → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Phaselis → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Phaselis → partOf → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lycian region
Limyra → locatedIn → Lycia ⓘ
Limyra → partOf → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Lycia
Limyra → wasCapitalOf → Lycia ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Lycia