city of Amphissa

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The city of Amphissa was an ancient Greek polis in the region of Locris, known for its involvement in the Fourth Sacred War and its strategic position near Delphi.

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city of Amphissa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek polis
city
accusedOf cultivating sacred land of Delphi
associatedWith Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
surface form: Delphic sanctuary
besiegedBy Philip II of Macedon
conflictWith Amphictyonic League
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
culture Greek
eraOfProminence 4th century BCE
governedBy local magistrates
hasNameVariant Amfissa
hasPoliticalSystem polis
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Locris
Locris
surface form: Ozolian Locris
locatedNear Delphi
locatedOn mainland Greece
mentionedBy Pausanias
Strabo
modernSuccessor Amfissa
near Gulf of Corinth
participatedIn Fourth Sacred War
partOf Locrians
surface form: Ozolian Locrians
region central Greece
surface form: Central Greece
religion Ancient Greek religion
strategicRole controlled routes toward Delphi
subregionOf Locris
surface form: Phocian–Locrian area
timePeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
typeOfLocation fortified city

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Fourth Sacred War belligerent city of Amphissa