Megara

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ancient Greek city-state polis

Megara is an ancient Greek city-state in the region of Attica, historically known for its strategic location near the Isthmus of Corinth and its role in early Greek philosophy and colonization.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Megara canonical 45
Megara Hyblaea 1
Megara, Greece 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
allyOf Sparta ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Eubulides of Megara ⓘ
Euclid of Megara ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
currency Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
surface form: drachma
ethnicGroup Dorians ⓘ
foundedColony Astacus ⓘ
Byzantium ⓘ
Chalcedon ⓘ
Megara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Megara Hyblaea

Selinus ⓘ
Selymbria ⓘ
governedBy oligarchy ⓘ
hasAcropolis Alcathous ⓘ
Caria ⓘ
hasGulf Corinthian Gulf ⓘ
Saronic Gulf ⓘ
hasHarbor Nisaea ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalSchool Megarian school ⓘ
hasRegion Megaris ⓘ
hasSanctuary sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ
sanctuary of Demeter ⓘ
hasTemple temple of Athena ⓘ
involvedIn Peloponnesian War ⓘ
issued Megarian coinage ⓘ
knownFor Greek colonization ⓘ
Megarian school ⓘ
surface form: Megarian school of philosophy

early Greek philosophy ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
strategic location near the Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedEastOf Corinth ⓘ
locatedIn Attica ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay West Attica regional unit ⓘ
locatedNear Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
locatedWestOf Athens ⓘ
memberOf Peloponnesian League ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
modernSuccessor Megara municipality ⓘ
surface form: Megara (modern town)
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
partOf Megaris ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
rivalOf Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Euclid of Megara → placeOfBirth → Megara ⓘ
Euclid of Megara → region → Megara ⓘ
Classical Greece → hasMajorCity → Megara ⓘ
Chalcedon → foundedFrom → Megara ⓘ
Salamis Island → separatesFrom → Megara ⓘ
Ichthyas of Megara → placeOfActivity → Megara ⓘ
Megara → foundedColony → Megara self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Megara Hyblaea
Archidamian War → belligerent → Megara ⓘ
Eubulides of Miletus → associatedWith → Megara ⓘ
Peace of Nicias → excludedParty → Megara ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → hasMember → Megara ⓘ
Megarian school → namedAfter → Megara ⓘ
Megarian school → region → Megara ⓘ
Battle of Plataea → belligerent → Megara ⓘ
Dorians → notablePolis → Megara ⓘ
Bay of Eleusis → locatedNear → Megara ⓘ
Byzas of Megara → placeOfOrigin → Megara ⓘ
Byzas of Megara → residence → Megara ⓘ
Byzas → originatesFrom → Megara ⓘ
Byzas → ledColonyFrom → Megara ⓘ
Achaia → hasMajorCity → Megara ⓘ
Megaric school → namedAfter → Megara ⓘ
Megaric school → associatedWithPlace → Megara ⓘ
First Peloponnesian War → involvedRegion → Megara ⓘ
First Peloponnesian War → involvedPolity → Megara ⓘ
Χαλκηδών → foundedBy → Megara ⓘ
Megara municipality → hasAdministrativeCenter → Megara ⓘ
Megara municipality → containsSettlement → Megara ⓘ
Megara municipality → hasHistoricCenter → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → hasCapital → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → namedAfter → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → hasMajorCity → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → containsCityState → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → governedBy → Megara ⓘ
Megaris → hasPortCity → Megara ⓘ
Astacus → traditionalColonizer → Megara ⓘ
sanctuary of Demeter → locatedIn → Megara ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Demeter at Megara
Megarian Decree imposed by Athens → targetedEntity → Megara ⓘ
Nisaea → locatedIn → Megara ⓘ
Nisaea → connectedTo → Megara ⓘ
Alcathous → locatedIn → Megara ⓘ
Kithairon → near → Megara ⓘ
Ancient Megara → modernSite → Megara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Megara, Greece
Eubulides of Megara → placeOfOrigin → Megara ⓘ
Hellenic League → hasMember → Megara ⓘ
Achaean League → expandedToInclude → Megara ⓘ
Dorian → associatedPolity → Megara ⓘ