sanctuary of Apollo
E1042673
The sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Megara was a prominent religious complex dedicated to the worship of the god Apollo, serving as an important cult and ceremonial center for the city-state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| sanctuary of Apollo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13467784 — 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: sanctuary of Apollo Context triple: [Ancient Megara, hadSanctuary, sanctuary of Apollo]
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A.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum was an important ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the god Apollo, serving as a major cult and ceremonial center in the city.
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B.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Pherae was an important ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the god Apollo, known for its local cult and oracular traditions in Thessaly.
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C.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Sicyon was an important ancient Greek religious center dedicated to the worship of Apollo, featuring temples, cult statues, and associated ritual spaces.
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D.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi was the major religious complex of ancient Greece dedicated to the god Apollo, famed for its oracle, temples, and panhellenic significance.
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E.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo is an ancient Greek sacred precinct dedicated to the worship of the god Apollo, typically centered around a prominent temple and associated ritual spaces.
- 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: sanctuary of Apollo Target entity description: The sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Megara was a prominent religious complex dedicated to the worship of the god Apollo, serving as an important cult and ceremonial center for the city-state.
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A.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum was an important ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the god Apollo, serving as a major cult and ceremonial center in the city.
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B.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Pherae was an important ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the god Apollo, known for its local cult and oracular traditions in Thessaly.
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C.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Sicyon was an important ancient Greek religious center dedicated to the worship of Apollo, featuring temples, cult statues, and associated ritual spaces.
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D.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi was the major religious complex of ancient Greece dedicated to the god Apollo, famed for its oracle, temples, and panhellenic significance.
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E.
sanctuary of Apollo
The sanctuary of Apollo is an ancient Greek sacred precinct dedicated to the worship of the god Apollo, typically centered around a prominent temple and associated ritual spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek sanctuary
ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Megarian polis ⓘ |
| category |
Sanctuaries of Apollo
ⓘ
linked to:
Temples of Apollo
|
| civilization | ancient Greek civilization ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| dedicatedToAspect | Apollo as a major civic deity ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
cult center ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Megara
ⓘ
ancient Megara ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Megara
|
| locatedInCountry |
ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| locatedInRegion | Megaris ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
| period | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| significance |
important cult center for Megara
ⓘ
prominent sanctuary in Megara ⓘ |
| usedFor |
public ceremonies
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religious rituals ⓘ worship of Apollo ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: sanctuary of Apollo Description of subject: The sanctuary of Apollo in ancient Megara was a prominent religious complex dedicated to the worship of the god Apollo, serving as an important cult and ceremonial center for the city-state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.