Ilium
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Ilium is the ancient city better known as Troy, a major setting of Greek mythology and epic poetry, especially the Trojan War.
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ mythological location ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ilion
NERFINISHED
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Troia NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Aeneid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cypria NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliou Persis NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Aeneas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassandra NERFINISHED ⓘ Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ Hecuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| besiegedBy |
Achaeans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Greeks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trojan Horse stratagem ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Carl Blegen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heinrich Schliemann NERFINISHED ⓘ Manfred Korfmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Dörpfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | King Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
symbol of heroic warfare
ⓘ
symbol of tragic destruction ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central setting of Homeric epics
ⓘ
major setting in Greek mythology ⓘ setting of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Troad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Dardanelles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Ida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedByAuthor |
Herodotus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedByDeity |
Athena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ Poseidon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bronze Age Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedByDeity |
Aphrodite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Hisarlik hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Bronze Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | World Heritage Site ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.