Nemea
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Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, renowned for its sanctuary of Zeus and its role as one of the four major venues of the Panhellenic athletic festivals.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nemea canonical | 35 |
| Archemorus at Nemea | 1 |
| Nemea (modern town) | 1 |
| Nemea Valley | 1 |
| Nemea heroön | 1 |
| Nemea region | 1 |
| Nemea, Greece | 1 |
| Nemean forest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924882 — 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: Nemea Context triple: [Nemean Games, mainVenue, Nemea]
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
Locris
Locris was an ancient Greek region in central Greece, inhabited by the Locrians and known for its strategic position between Boeotia and Phocis.
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C.
Sicyon
Sicyon was an ancient Greek city-state in the northern Peloponnese, known for its early political significance and contributions to Greek art and culture.
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D.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
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E.
Epidaurus
Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
- 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: Nemea Target entity description: Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, renowned for its sanctuary of Zeus and its role as one of the four major venues of the Panhellenic athletic festivals.
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
Locris
Locris was an ancient Greek region in central Greece, inhabited by the Locrians and known for its strategic position between Boeotia and Phocis.
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C.
Sicyon
Sicyon was an ancient Greek city-state in the northern Peloponnese, known for its early political significance and contributions to Greek art and culture.
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D.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
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E.
Epidaurus
Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek sanctuary
ⓘ
ancient site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | first labor of Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedWithHero | Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Heracles and the Nemean lion
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
|
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| cultType | Zeus as a chthonic and athletic protector deity ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| excavationStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| festivalNameEtymology | Nemean Games named after Nemea ⓘ |
| gamesFrequency | held every two years in antiquity ⓘ |
| gamesType |
athletic competitions
ⓘ
musical competitions ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalOrder |
Doric temple (Temple of Zeus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Zeus
|
| hasDeity | Zeus ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Hellenistic stadium tunnel
ⓘ
starting line blocks (balbis) ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Archaeological Museum of Nemea ⓘ |
| hasSanctuaryOf | Zeus ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Temple of Zeus at Nemea
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea
altar of Zeus ⓘ bath complex ⓘ stadium of Nemea ⓘ xenon (guesthouse) ⓘ |
| hosted | Nemean Games ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argolid region (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
Argolid
Peloponnese ⓘ northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ regional unit of Corinthia ⓘ |
| modernUse | site of revived Nemean Games ⓘ |
| nearGeographicalFeature | Nemea River ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement |
Ancient Nemea (modern name for nearby village)
ⓘ
modern village of Nemea ⓘ |
| oneOf | four major Panhellenic festival sites ⓘ |
| otherPanhellenicSites |
Delphi
ⓘ
Isthmia ⓘ Olympia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Panhellenic athletic festival circuit
ⓘ
linked to:
Panhellenic Games
|
| periodOfFlourishing | Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| regionType | valley ⓘ |
| tourism | important archaeological tourism destination in the Peloponnese ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on tentative lists and cultural itineraries related to Panhellenic sanctuaries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Nemea Description of subject: Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, renowned for its sanctuary of Zeus and its role as one of the four major venues of the Panhellenic athletic festivals.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nemea
linked to: Nemea
subject linked to:
altar of Zeus
linked to: Nemea
linked to: Nemea
subject linked to:
Temple of Zeus
subject linked to:
Temple of Zeus
linked to: Nemea
linked to: Nemea
linked to: Nemea
subject linked to:
Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle