Dorian Hexapolis

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Dorian Hexapolis was a confederation of six ancient Dorian Greek cities that formed a religious and political league centered around shared cults and festivals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dorian Hexapolis canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek confederation ⓘ
political league ⓘ
religious league ⓘ
associatedIsland Kos ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
associatedMainlandArea Caria ⓘ
centeredOn shared cults and festivals ⓘ
cultFocus Apollo ⓘ
culturalFunction expression of Dorian identity ⓘ
dominantDialect Doric Greek ⓘ
ethnicCharacter Dorian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
festivalActivities athletic contests ⓘ
musical competitions ⓘ
sacrifices ⓘ
festivalHeldAt Triopian games ⓘ
geographicalRegion Caria ⓘ
Dodecanese ⓘ
southwestern Asia Minor ⓘ
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
knownFromSource Herodotus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
languageOfMembers Ancient Greek ⓘ
leagueNameMeaning six cities ⓘ
locatedNear southwestern coast of Anatolia ⓘ
mainSanctuaryDedicatedTo Apollo Triopios ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Karneios
memberCity Halikarnassos ⓘ
linked to: Halicarnassus

Ialysos ⓘ
Kameiros ⓘ
linked to: Kamiros

Knidos ⓘ
Kos ⓘ
linked to: Island of Kos

Lindos ⓘ
numberOfMemberCities 6 ⓘ
partOfBroaderGroup Dorian leagues ⓘ
politicalBasis common Dorian heritage ⓘ
politicalFunction inter-city alliance ⓘ
religiousBasis shared cults ⓘ
religiousCenter Triopian promontory ⓘ
religiousFunction common sanctuary management ⓘ
shared cult organization ⓘ
religiousTitleOfApollo Apollo Triopios ⓘ
typeOfFestival athletic festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dorians → associatedWith → Dorian Hexapolis ⓘ
Knidos → partOf → Dorian Hexapolis ⓘ
Halicarnassus → memberOf → Dorian Hexapolis ⓘ
Temple of Aphrodite at Knidos → region → Dorian Hexapolis ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Aphrodite