festival of Megalesia
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The festival of Megalesia was an ancient Roman religious celebration in honor of the goddess Cybele, featuring elaborate processions, music, and ecstatic rites led by her eunuch priests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| festival of Megalesia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21163991 — 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: festival of Megalesia Context triple: [Galli, performedAt, festival of Megalesia]
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A.
Demeter festival
Demeter festival refers to any of the ancient Greek religious celebrations held in honor of the goddess Demeter, typically associated with agriculture, fertility, and the harvest.
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B.
Thargelia festival
Thargelia festival was an ancient Athenian religious celebration in honor of Apollo and Artemis, marked by purification rites, offerings of first fruits, and communal rituals to secure the city’s wellbeing.
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C.
festival of Diana
The festival of Diana was an ancient Roman religious celebration honoring the goddess Diana, particularly associated with her temple on the Aventine Hill and often linked to themes of hunting, the moon, and the protection of women and slaves.
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D.
Adonia festival
The Adonia festival was an ancient Greek women’s rite of mourning and lamentation for the dying and reborn youth Adonis, often involving rooftop gardens and symbolic rituals of loss and renewal.
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E.
Boedromia festival
The Boedromia festival was an ancient Athenian celebration in honor of Apollo as a helper in war, commemorating military deliverance and victory.
- 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: festival of Megalesia Target entity description: The festival of Megalesia was an ancient Roman religious celebration in honor of the goddess Cybele, featuring elaborate processions, music, and ecstatic rites led by her eunuch priests.
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A.
Demeter festival
Demeter festival refers to any of the ancient Greek religious celebrations held in honor of the goddess Demeter, typically associated with agriculture, fertility, and the harvest.
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B.
Thargelia festival
Thargelia festival was an ancient Athenian religious celebration in honor of Apollo and Artemis, marked by purification rites, offerings of first fruits, and communal rituals to secure the city’s wellbeing.
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C.
festival of Diana
The festival of Diana was an ancient Roman religious celebration honoring the goddess Diana, particularly associated with her temple on the Aventine Hill and often linked to themes of hunting, the moon, and the protection of women and slaves.
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D.
Adonia festival
The Adonia festival was an ancient Greek women’s rite of mourning and lamentation for the dying and reborn youth Adonis, often involving rooftop gardens and symbolic rituals of loss and renewal.
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E.
Boedromia festival
The Boedromia festival was an ancient Athenian celebration in honor of Apollo as a helper in war, commemorating military deliverance and victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.