Second Sacred War

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The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.

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Generate an image of the Second Sacred War (The Second Sacred War was a 4th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece centered on control of the Delphic sanctuary and its political influence within the Greek world.)

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Label Occurrences
Second Sacred War canonical 7
Phocian control of Delphi 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek war ⓘ
sacred war ⓘ
allyOf Athens ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
associatedInstitution Delphic Amphictyonic League ⓘ
linked to: Amphictyonic League
AthenianObjective to restore Phocian control over Delphi ⓘ
belligerent Athens ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
chronologicalPosition second of the major Sacred Wars involving Delphi ⓘ
commandedBy Athenian statesman Pericles ⓘ
linked to: Pericles

Spartan king Pleistoanax ⓘ
conflictOver political control of the Delphic Amphictyony ⓘ
religious authority at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
conflictType inter‑Greek conflict ⓘ
endTime circa 448 BCE ⓘ
era Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
followedBy Third Sacred War ⓘ
hasCause Phocian control of Delphi ⓘ
linked to: Second Sacred War

Spartan intervention to restore Delphic independence ⓘ
dispute over control of the Delphic sanctuary ⓘ
historicalSource Plutarch ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
impact heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta before the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
languageContext Ancient Greek world ⓘ
locatedIn ancient Greece ⓘ
mainTheater Delphi ⓘ
Locris ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
militaryAction Athenian expedition to re‑install Phocian control ⓘ
Spartan occupation of Delphi ⓘ
partOf classical Greek interstate rivalries ⓘ
politicalSignificance contest between Sparta and Athens for influence in central Greece ⓘ
precededBy First Sacred War ⓘ
primarySanctuary Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
relatedTo First Sacred War ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
religiousContext Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
religiousSignificance assertion of control over the oracle of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
result restoration of Phocian control over Delphi by Athens ⓘ
reversal of Spartan settlement at Delphi ⓘ
strengthening of Athenian influence in central Greece ⓘ
SpartanObjective to separate Delphi from Phocian control ⓘ
startTime circa 449 BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Delphi → involvedIn → Second Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War → hasCause → Phocian control of Delphi ⓘ
linked to: Second Sacred War
Amphictyonic League → notableEvent → Second Sacred War ⓘ
First Sacred War → relatedEvent → Second Sacred War ⓘ
Phocian League → conflict → Second Sacred War ⓘ
Sacred Wars → hasPart → Second Sacred War ⓘ
Phocians → participatedInConflict → Second Sacred War ⓘ
Archaic period → notableEvent → Second Sacred War ⓘ