Strongyle
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Strongyle is the ancient name for the volcanic Aegean island now known as Thera or Santorini, famous for its dramatic caldera and Bronze Age Minoan settlement at Akrotiri.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient place name
ⓘ
island ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aegean prehistory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age collapse debates ⓘ Minoan eruption tsunami hypotheses ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| eruptionKnownAs | Minoan eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Akrotiri archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBay | Santorini caldera bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCliffHeight | over 300 meters in places ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritageStatus | major archaeological heritage site at Akrotiri ⓘ |
| hasCulture | Minoan civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | ancient maritime trade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
caldera
ⓘ
crescent-shaped island ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalType |
caldera volcano
ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | ancient Greek toponymy ⓘ |
| hasModernEquivalent | Santorini regional unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Aspronisi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nea Kameni NERFINISHED ⓘ Palea Kameni NERFINISHED ⓘ Therasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRockType |
andesite
ⓘ
dacite ⓘ rhyodacite ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Akrotiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inAncientSource |
Roman geographers
ⓘ
classical Greek authors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bronze Age settlement at Akrotiri
ⓘ
dramatic caldera ⓘ major volcanic eruption in the 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
Cyclades NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece ⓘ |
| modernName |
Santorini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Greek for "round" or "circular" ⓘ |
| partOf |
Santorini volcanic complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Aegean volcanic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | subduction zone between African Plate and Aegean microplate ⓘ |
| usedBy | ancient Greeks ⓘ |
| volcanicArc | Hellenic Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.