Ambrysus

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Ambrysus was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known for its strategic location and role in classical Greek history.

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Ambrysus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
archaeological site
archaeologicalRemains city walls
foundations of buildings
towers
country Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
defensiveRole protected approaches to Delphi
destroyedBy Philip II of Macedon
distanceFromDelphi approximately 60 stadia
economyBasedOn agriculture
local trade
fortifications strong city walls
towers
governanceForm city-state
hadCultOf Artemis
Demeter
Dionysus
hadSanctuaryOf Artemis
Demeter
Dionysus
hasNameInGreek Elateia
surface form: Ἄμβρυσσος
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
knownFor role in classical Greek history
strategic location
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn central Greece
surface form: Central Greece

Phocis
locatedNear Anticyra
Mount Parnassus
Stiris
mentionedBy Pausanias
Strabo
modernCountryLocation Greece
modernRegionalUnit Phocis regional unit
nearRiver Vrodamas River
surface form: Plistus River
participatedIn Third Sacred War
partOf Amphictyonic League
surface form: Delphic amphictyony
regionType polis
religiousRole local cult center in Phocis
repopulatedIn Hellenistic period
timeOfFlourishing 4th century BCE
urbanFeature acropolis
city walls with towers
sanctuaries

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Phocis hasImportantCity Ambrysus