Zeleia
E682880
Zeleia was an ancient city in the region of Mysia in northwestern Asia Minor, known from classical Greek and Roman historical and geographical sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zeleia canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Persian Wars era
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Trojan War tradition ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander
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ⓘ
Herodotus, Histories NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliny the Elder, Natural History NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo, Geographica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Roman geographers
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classical Greek geographers ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| describedBy | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicName | Zeleitai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | local dynasts under Persian suzerainty ⓘ |
| hasNameInAncientGreek | Ζέλεια ⓘ |
| hasSourceType |
epigraphic evidence
ⓘ
literary sources ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| inhabitantsCalled | Zeleians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
strategic position on routes between the Troad and inland Anatolia
ⓘ
temple of Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
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ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ Mysia NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Asia Minor ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Ida
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Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ river Aesepus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Iliad, Book 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assembly of Persian allies before the Battle of Granicus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Achaemenid Empire
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satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentStatus |
archaeological site in modern Turkey
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ruined city ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Anatolia ⓘ |
| regionType | inland city ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| underControlOf |
Macedonian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity |
Aphrodite
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Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.