Ambracia
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Ambracia (; , occasionally , Ampracia) was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta. It was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ambracia is referenced by 118 other articles, and connects out to chariot racing, Plato and Augustus.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 31 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Archaeological sites in Epirus (region), Arta, Greece and Cities in ancient Epirus.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ambracia
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ἀμβρακία
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Arta
- Ancient site.image
- Small theatre of Ambracia 1.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Small theater at Ambracia
- Ancient site.region
- Epirus
- Ancient site.type
- City
- Ancient site.epochs
- Greek, Roman, Byzantine
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- polis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Artaion Municipality
- Elevation
- 36
- Location
- Arta
- Image
- Ναός Απόλλωνα Πυθίου Σωτήρα, Άρτα 1.JPG
Show 4 more facts
- native label
- Αρχαία Αμβρακία
- Commons category
- Ambracia
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=7003
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Ambraciotes
- Artists
- Athletes
- Various
- See also
- References
Ambracia (; , occasionally , Ampracia) was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta. It was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos (or Aratthus), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.
==Name== It was named after Ambracia, who according to some myths was Augeas daughter, while others describe her as Apollo's granddaughter and the daughter of Melaneus, king of the Dryope.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambracia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
31 mapped locations