First Sacred War

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The First Sacred War was an early 6th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which a coalition of Greek states fought to liberate and secure control of the sacred sanctuary at Delphi from the city of Crisa and its allies.

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Generate an image of the First Sacred War (The First Sacred War was an early 6th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which a coalition of Greek states fought to liberate and secure control of the sacred sanctuary at Delphi from the city of Crisa and its allies.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek war ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
aftermath increased religious and political importance of Delphi ⓘ
strengthening of the Amphictyonic League ⓘ
associatedWith Delphic Amphictyony ⓘ
linked to: Amphictyonic League

Pythian oracle ⓘ
linked to: Oracle of Apollo
belligerent Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Crisa ⓘ
Sicyon ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
other Amphictyonic states ⓘ
cause control and exploitation of the Delphic sanctuary ⓘ
mistreatment of pilgrims to Delphi by Crisa ⓘ
chronologicalPosition one of the earliest recorded Sacred Wars over Delphi ⓘ
combatantType Greek city-states ⓘ
conflictForControlOf sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
conflictType inter-polis war ⓘ
culturalImpact institutionalization of the Pythian Games as Panhellenic festival ⓘ
endTime circa 585 BCE ⓘ
era Archaic period of ancient Greece ⓘ
location Crisa ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
notableCommander Cleisthenes of Sicyon ⓘ
Solon of Athens ⓘ
opponentOf Crisa ⓘ
coalition of Amphictyonic states ⓘ
partOf history of ancient Greece ⓘ
politicalMotivation control of Delphic influence over Greek world ⓘ
primarySource later ancient historians and traditions ⓘ
relatedEvent Fourth Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
religiousAspect protection of a Panhellenic sanctuary ⓘ
religiousMotivation defense of sacred property ⓘ
result Delphi placed under Amphictyonic League control ⓘ
destruction of Crisa ⓘ
foundation of the Pythian Games ⓘ
liberation of the Delphic sanctuary ⓘ
significance early example of collective Greek action over a sacred site ⓘ
startTime circa 595 BCE ⓘ
theaterOfWar region around the Gulf of Corinth ⓘ

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

Delphi → involvedIn → First Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War → relatedTo → First Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War → precededBy → First Sacred War ⓘ
Amphictyonic League → notableEvent → First Sacred War ⓘ
Cleisthenes of Sicyon → participatedIn → First Sacred War ⓘ
Phocian League → conflict → First Sacred War ⓘ
Sicyon → participatedIn → First Sacred War ⓘ
Crisa → associatedWithEvent → First Sacred War ⓘ
Crisa → destroyedIn → First Sacred War ⓘ
Sacred Wars → hasPart → First Sacred War ⓘ
Phocians → participatedInConflict → First Sacred War ⓘ
Cirra → associatedWithEvent → First Sacred War ⓘ
Kirrha → participatedIn → First Sacred War ⓘ
Kirrha → associatedWith → First Sacred War (circa early 6th century BCE) ⓘ
linked to: First Sacred War
Κρῖσα → associatedWithEvent → First Sacred War ⓘ
Archaic period → notableEvent → First Sacred War ⓘ