Elymian

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The Elymians were an ancient people of western Sicily, known from classical sources as one of the island’s indigenous groups alongside the Sicels and Sicanians.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Elymians 9
Elymian culture 2
Elymian canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
absorbedInto Roman Sicily ⓘ
alliedWith Carthaginians ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence fortified hilltop settlements ⓘ
inscriptions in Elymian language ⓘ
associatedSite Monte Barbaro (Segesta) ⓘ
Mount Erice ⓘ
contemporaryWith Sicanians ⓘ
Sicels ⓘ
country Sicily ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Greek culture ⓘ
Phoenician-Punic culture ⓘ
cultureArea central-western Sicily ⓘ
declinePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
describedIn classical sources ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade with Greeks and Phoenicians ⓘ
engagedIn warfare with Greek colonies ⓘ
ethnonym Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
hasCapital Segesta ⓘ
hasCultSite sanctuary of Venus Erycina at Eryx ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Entella ⓘ
Eryx ⓘ
Segesta ⓘ
knownFrom Greek historians ⓘ
Roman historians ⓘ
language Elymian language ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
languageFamily uncertain ⓘ
locatedIn western Sicily ⓘ
materialCulture mixed indigenous and Greek elements ⓘ
mentionedBy Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
neighboringPeople Greeks in Sicily ⓘ
Phoenicians ⓘ
notableCityState Eryx ⓘ
Segesta ⓘ
partOf ancient peoples of Sicily ⓘ
politicalOrganization city-states ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
status extinct people ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet (adapted for Elymian) ⓘ
linked to: Greek alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Siculian → coexistedWith → Elymian ⓘ
Sicels → neighboringPeople → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Sicani → coexistedWith → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Sikeloi → neighboringPeople → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Elymian → ethnonym → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Elymian → language → Elymian language ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Roman province of Sicilia → preRomanInhabitants → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Eryx of Sicily → ethnicGroup → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta archaeological site → heritageOf → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta archaeological site → culture → Elymian culture ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta archaeological site → foundedBy → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta → associatedPeople → Elymians ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta → culture → Elymian culture ⓘ
linked to: Elymian
Segesta → governedBy → Elymian polity (in archaic and classical periods) ⓘ
linked to: Elymian