Sicyon

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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.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city-state → polis →
alliedWith	Achaean League NERFINISHED → Sparta →
country	Ancient Greece →
earlierName	Aegialeia → Aegialos → Mecone → Telchinia →
foundedBy	Aegialeus (mythology) →
governedBy	tyranny of Orthagorids →
hasArchaeologicalSite	ruins of Sicyon →
hasModernSiteNear	Vasiliko →
joined	Achaean League NERFINISHED →
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	Herodotus’ Histories → Pausanias’ Description of Greece → Strabo’s Geography →
notableCitizen	Aratus of Sicyon → Dipoenus and Scyllis → Eupompus → Lysippus → Pamphilus of Sicyon → Polykleitos the Younger →
notableRuler	Cleisthenes of Sicyon → Orthagoras →
participatedIn	First Sacred War → Peloponnesian League →
partOf	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 (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
First Sacred War →	belligerent
Cleisthenes of Sicyon →	country
Peloponnesian League →	hasMember
Phlius →	near
Cleisthenes of Sicyon →	placeOfActivity
Cleisthenes of Sicyon →	residence