Triphylia

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Triphylia was an ancient district in the southwestern Peloponnese, situated between Elis and Messenia and inhabited by a mix of Greek tribes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Triphylia canonical 1
Triphyliā 1
Triphyllia 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient district
historical region
borders Elis
Messenia
containsAncientCity Aepium
Epitalium
Hypana
Lepreum
Makistos
Phrixa
Samikon
Typaneae
hasCoastOn Ionian Sea
hasMajorRiver Alpheus River NERFINISHED
Neda River NERFINISHED
hasNameEtymology "land of three tribes"
hasNotableSanctuaryNearby Sanctuary of Samikon
hasTerrain coastal plain
hilly interior
inhabitedBy Greek tribes
knownInAntiquityAs Triphyliā
linked to: Triphylia
languageInAntiquity Ancient Greek
laterIncorporatedInto Roman province of Achaia
locatedIn Peloponnese
southwestern Peloponnese
mentionedBy Pausanias
Polybius
Strabo
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo part of regional unit of Elis
part of regional unit of Messenia
partlyOccupiedBy Arcadian settlers
Elean settlers
Messenian settlers
partOf Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
politicalStatusInClassicalPeriod often under Elean control
religionInAntiquity Ancient Greek religion
subregionOf Elis
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
wasContestedBy Arcadia
Elis
Messenia

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Referenced by (3)

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

Elis subdividedInto Triphylia
subject linked to: Elis in the Peloponnese
Kingdom of Elis subdividedInto Triphyllia
subject linked to: kingdom of Elis
linked to: Triphylia
Triphylia knownInAntiquityAs Triphyliā
linked to: Triphylia