Patara in Lycia
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Patara in Lycia was an important ancient port city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor, renowned as a major Lycian and later Roman center and a significant site of Apollo’s oracle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patara in Lycia canonical | 1 |
| ancient city of Patara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12844088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patara in Lycia Context triple: [Pope Silverius, exiledTo, Patara in Lycia]
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A.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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B.
Ialysos
Ialysos is a town and seaside resort on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, known for its beaches and archaeological remains from ancient Ialysos.
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C.
Marmaraereğlisi
Marmaraereğlisi is a coastal town and district on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey, known for its beaches and proximity to Istanbul.
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D.
Perga in Pamphylia
Perga in Pamphylia was an ancient city in southern Asia Minor, notable as a major center of Hellenistic and Roman culture and as an early stop in the apostle Paul’s travels.
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E.
Selinunte
Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site and former city on the southwestern coast of Sicily, renowned for its well-preserved temples and ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patara in Lycia Target entity description: Patara in Lycia was an important ancient port city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor, renowned as a major Lycian and later Roman center and a significant site of Apollo’s oracle.
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A.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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B.
Ialysos
Ialysos is a town and seaside resort on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, known for its beaches and archaeological remains from ancient Ialysos.
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C.
Marmaraereğlisi
Marmaraereğlisi is a coastal town and district on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey, known for its beaches and proximity to Istanbul.
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D.
Perga in Pamphylia
Perga in Pamphylia was an ancient city in southern Asia Minor, notable as a major center of Hellenistic and Roman culture and as an early stop in the apostle Paul’s travels.
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E.
Selinunte
Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site and former city on the southwestern coast of Sicily, renowned for its well-preserved temples and ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
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archaeological site ⓘ port city ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lycian language inscriptions
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early Christianity ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Saint Nicholas of Myra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDecline | harbor silting ⓘ |
| declinedInPeriod |
Late Antiquity
NERFINISHED
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Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Turkish archaeologists ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Classical antiquity
NERFINISHED
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Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| hasCult | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commercial hub
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port ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
major Lycian port
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metropolis of Lycia in Roman times ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Roman baths
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bouleuterion ⓘ city walls ⓘ granary of Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ harbor installations ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ main street with colonnades ⓘ temple of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lycian League assembly
NERFINISHED
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harbor ⓘ oracle of Apollo ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
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Lycia NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern coast of Asia Minor ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Antalya Province
NERFINISHED
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Turkey ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Herodotus
NERFINISHED
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Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| partOf | Lycian League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | important archaeological site in Turkey ⓘ |
| servedAs |
Roman provincial center
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major Lycian center ⓘ |
| underRuleOf |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
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Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycian dynasts ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patara in Lycia Description of subject: Patara in Lycia was an important ancient port city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor, renowned as a major Lycian and later Roman center and a significant site of Apollo’s oracle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ancient city of Patara