Delium

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Delium was an ancient coastal town in Boeotia, Greece, best known as the site of a major Athenian-Spartan battle during the Peloponnesian War and for its important sanctuary of Apollo.

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Delium canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient battle ⓘ
ancient town ⓘ
coastal settlement ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains remains of sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ
belligerent Athens ⓘ
Boeotian League ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
commandedBy Hippocrates of Athens ⓘ
Pagondas of Thebes ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
currentCountry Greece ⓘ
date 424 BC ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
distanceFrom about 10 miles from Oropus ⓘ
about 7 miles from Tanagra ⓘ
fortifiedBy Athenians in 424 BC ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Delium ⓘ
hasFeature altars and cult buildings ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
temple precinct ⓘ
hasGreekName Δήλιον ⓘ
hasSanctuaryOf Apollo ⓘ
hasTypeOfSanctuary Ionian-style temple complex ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Delium ⓘ
sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ
locatedIn Boeotia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Euboea ⓘ
locatedOn coast of the Euripus Strait ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
modernSiteNear Dilesi, Boeotia ⓘ
namedAfter Delos ⓘ
notableParticipant Alcibiades ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
partOf Peloponnesian War ⓘ
region of Boeotia ⓘ
regionType border area between Attica and Boeotia ⓘ
religiousFunction pilgrimage site for worshippers of Apollo ⓘ
religiousSignificance important sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ
result Boeotian victory ⓘ
sacredTo Apollo ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled coastal route along Euripus Strait ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
tookPlaceAt Delium ⓘ

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Battle of Delium → tookPlaceAt → Delium ⓘ
subject linked to: Delium