Sicyon

E88551
ancient Greek city-state polis

Sicyon was an ancient Greek city-state in the northern Peloponnese, known for its early political significance and contributions to Greek art and culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sicyon canonical 28
Sicyon (as city-state name) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state ⓘ
polis ⓘ
alliedWith Achaean League ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
country Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
earlierName Aegiali ⓘ
surface form: Aegialeia

Aegialos ⓘ
Mecone ⓘ
Telchinia ⓘ
foundedBy Aegialeus (mythology) ⓘ
governedBy tyranny of Orthagorids ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite ruins of Sicyon ⓘ
hasModernSiteNear Vasiliko ⓘ
joined Achaean League ⓘ
knownFor bronze work ⓘ
contributions to Greek art ⓘ
contributions to Greek culture ⓘ
early political significance ⓘ
school of painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterPoliticalSystem democracy ⓘ
locatedIn Greece ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
northern Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedNear Corinth ⓘ
Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
mentionedIn works of Herodotus ⓘ
surface form: Herodotus’ Histories

Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
surface form: Strabo’s Geography
notableCitizen Aratus of Sicyon ⓘ
Dipoenus and Scyllis ⓘ
Eupompus ⓘ
Lysippus ⓘ
Pamphilus of Sicyon ⓘ
Polykleitos ⓘ
surface form: Polykleitos the Younger
notableRuler Cleisthenes of Sicyon ⓘ
Orthagoras ⓘ
participatedIn First Sacred War ⓘ
Peloponnesian League ⓘ
partOf Peloponnese ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Peloponnese
patronDeity Apollo ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Archaic period ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
politicalSystem tyranny (7th–6th century BCE) ⓘ
region Corinthia ⓘ
religiousSite sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ
temple of Dionysus ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

First Sacred War → belligerent → Sicyon ⓘ
Phlius → near → Sicyon ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → hasMember → Sicyon ⓘ
Cleisthenes of Sicyon → country → Sicyon ⓘ
Cleisthenes of Sicyon → placeOfActivity → Sicyon ⓘ
Cleisthenes of Sicyon → residence → Sicyon ⓘ
Hebe → worshipCultCenter → Sicyon ⓘ
Asopus → worshippedIn → Sicyon ⓘ
Adrastus → associatedWith → Sicyon ⓘ
Adrastus → worshippedAt → Sicyon ⓘ
Fulvia → deathPlace → Sicyon ⓘ
Phliasians → neighbouringPolis → Sicyon ⓘ
Life of Aratus → setting → Sicyon ⓘ
Life of Aratus → subjectOrigin → Sicyon ⓘ
Achaean League → expandedToInclude → Sicyon ⓘ
Sikyon → modernNameVariant → Sicyon ⓘ
Pellene → locatedNear → Sicyon ⓘ
Vasiliko → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Sicyon ⓘ
Aegialeus (mythology) → associatedWith → Sicyon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aegialeus
Aegialeus (mythology) → realm → Sicyon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aegialeus
Aegialeus (mythology) → hasCultLocation → Sicyon ⓘ
subject surface form: Aegialeus
Aegialos → laterKnownAs → Sicyon ⓘ
Aegialos → hasModernName → Sicyon ⓘ
Aegialos → hasHistoricalContinuityAs → Sicyon ⓘ
Mecone → ancientNameOf → Sicyon ⓘ
Mecone → hasModernName → Sicyon ⓘ
Mecone → relatedTo → Sicyon ⓘ
tyranny of Orthagorids → country → Sicyon ⓘ
Telchinia → hasSuccessor → Sicyon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicyon (as city-state name)