polis of Athens

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The polis of Athens was the influential ancient Greek city-state renowned for pioneering democracy, fostering philosophy and the arts, and dominating regional politics and culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Athenian polis 17
Athenian state 4
polis of Athens canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city-state
historical polity
polis
capital Athens
citizenshipRestrictedTo free adult male citizens
country Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalPeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
currency Athenian drachma
dominantMilitaryBranch navy
ethnicGroup Athenians
flourishedIn 4th century BC
5th century BC
formed Delian League
foundedBefore 8th century BC
hasGovernmentForm aristocracy
direct democracy
oligarchy
tyranny
hasInstitution Areopagus Council
linked to: Areopagus

Boule
Ecclesia
Heliaia
strategoi
hasPart Acropolis of Athens
Agora of Athens
Areopagus
Long Walls
Piraeus
Pnyx
linked to: Pnyx hill
knownFor architecture
comedy
cultural influence
drama
naval power
philosophy
pioneering democracy
regional political dominance
the arts
tragedy
language Ancient Greek
leaderDuring Alcibiades
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Themistocles
legalSystem Athenian law
locatedIn Attica
Greece
mainPort Piraeus
notableCitizen Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Euripides
Herodotus
Plato
Socrates
Sophocles
Thucydides
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
patronDeity Athena
politicalSystemInfluenced Roman Republic
modern democracies
religion ancient Greek religion
rival polis of Sparta
linked to: Spartan polis

polis of Thebes
usedWritingSystem Greek alphabet

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

Athenian drachma issuingAuthority polis of Athens
Athenian Treasury belongsTo Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Athenian cavalry usedBy Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Athenian cavalry fundingSource Athenian state
linked to: polis of Athens
Thirty Years' Peace signatory Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Greater Mysteries supervisedBy Athenian state
linked to: polis of Athens
Eumolpidae recognizedBy Athenian state
linked to: polis of Athens
Haloa organizer Athenian state
linked to: polis of Athens
Colonus partOf Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Athenian Council of 500 appliesToJurisdiction Athenian polis
subject linked to: Athenian Council of 500 (Boule)
linked to: polis of Athens
Athens Mint operatedBy Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Attic weight system adoptedBy Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Assembly of the Demos appliesToJurisdiction Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Athenian obol mintingAuthority Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Philaidae family regionOfInfluence Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Battle of Nemea associatedPolities Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Mint of Athens operatedBy Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Parthenon cella usedBy Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Ariphron citizenship Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Solonian Constitution appliesTo Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Panathenaic amphora sponsor Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens
Athenian legal and constitutional crisis country Athenian polis
linked to: polis of Athens