Elateia
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Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elateia canonical | 6 |
| Amfikleia–Elateia | 1 |
| Ἄμβρυσσος | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T952013 — 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: Elateia Context triple: [Phocis, hasCapital, Elateia]
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A.
Eresos
Eresos is a historic coastal village on the Greek island of Lesbos, known as the birthplace of the ancient poet Sappho and for its scenic beaches.
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B.
Megara
Megara is a figure in Greek mythology known as the first wife of the hero Heracles, whose tragic fate helped set in motion his famous labors.
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C.
Megara
Megara is an ancient Greek city-state in the region of Attica, historically known for its strategic location near the Isthmus of Corinth and its role in early Greek philosophy and colonization.
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D.
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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E.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
- 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: Elateia Target entity description: Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
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A.
Eresos
Eresos is a historic coastal village on the Greek island of Lesbos, known as the birthplace of the ancient poet Sappho and for its scenic beaches.
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B.
Megara
Megara is a figure in Greek mythology known as the first wife of the hero Heracles, whose tragic fate helped set in motion his famous labors.
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C.
Megara
Megara is an ancient Greek city-state in the region of Attica, historically known for its strategic location near the Isthmus of Corinth and its role in early Greek philosophy and colonization.
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D.
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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E.
Pieria
Pieria is a coastal regional unit in northern Greece known for its beaches along the Aegean Sea and the nearby Mount Olympus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek city ⓘ |
| ancientEthnic | Elateians ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemains |
city walls
ⓘ
foundations of public buildings ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| capturedInYear | 339 BC ⓘ |
| coinage | issued its own coins ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| distanceFrom | about 180 stadia from Delphi (per Pausanias) ⓘ |
| fortifications |
acropolis
ⓘ
city walls ⓘ |
| geographicalSetting | plain of the upper Cephissus ⓘ |
| hadPublicBuilding |
agora
ⓘ
gymnasium ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Greece
Phocis ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Cephissus River
ⓘ
surface form:
Cephissus River valley
|
| mentionedBy |
Demosthenes
ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| nearAncientRegion |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Locris ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement | modern Elateia (Fthiotis, Greece) ⓘ |
| notableFeature | command of pass from Thessaly to Boeotia ⓘ |
| partOf | Delphic Amphictyony (at times) ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
Lamian War
ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | polis ⓘ |
| promptedEvent | Athenian alliance with Thebes against Philip II ⓘ |
| prosperedFrom |
agriculture in Cephissus valley
ⓘ
control of land routes ⓘ |
| region | Phocis ⓘ |
| religiousSite |
sanctuary of Artemis
ⓘ
Temple of Asclepius ⓘ
surface form:
sanctuary of Asclepius
sanctuary of Athena ⓘ sanctuary of Dionysus ⓘ sanctuary of Isis ⓘ sanctuary of Isis ⓘ
surface form:
sanctuary of Sarapis
|
| strategicImportance |
controlled main route between northern and central Greece
ⓘ
key position on road from Thermopylae to Boeotia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Classical Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elateia Description of subject: Elateia was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, strategically located on the main route between northern and central Greece.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ἄμβρυσσος