Kalydon

E158934

ancient Greek city mythological location

Kalydon is an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, famed in mythology for the Calydonian Boar hunt and its prominent role in early Greek epic tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Calydon	7
Ancient Calydon	1
Kalydon canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1027095 — 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: Kalydon
Context triple: [Western Greece, containsArchaeologicalSite, Kalydon]

A. Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
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.
C. Nemea
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.
D. Amfissa
Amfissa is a historic town in central Greece, near Delphi, known for its ancient roots, traditional architecture, and olive cultivation in the surrounding Crisaean plain.
E. Erytheia
Erytheia is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with the western edge of the world and the tending of a divine garden.
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: Kalydon
Target entity description: Kalydon is an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, famed in mythology for the Calydonian Boar hunt and its prominent role in early Greek epic tradition.

A. Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
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.
C. Nemea
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.
D. Amfissa
Amfissa is a historic town in central Greece, near Delphi, known for its ancient roots, traditional architecture, and olive cultivation in the surrounding Crisaean plain.
E. Erytheia
Erytheia is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with the western edge of the world and the tending of a divine garden.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ mythological location ⓘ
appearsInGenre	Greek mythology ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	yes ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Deianira ⓘ surface form: Deianeira Diomedes ⓘ Tydeus ⓘ
associatedWithHero	Atalanta ⓘ Meleager ⓘ
associatedWithMyth	CalydonianBoar ⓘ surface form: Calydonian Boar
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important center in Aetolian myth and cult ⓘ
famedFor	Calydonian Boar hunt ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy	Danish archaeological missions ⓘ Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
hasCult	Artemis ⓘ surface form: Artemis Laphria
hasGreekName	Καλυδών ⓘ
hasLatinName	Kalydon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Calydon
hasMythicRole	home of Meleager ⓘ kingdom of Oeneus ⓘ
hasSanctuaryOf	Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ
hasTypeOfRemains	fortification walls ⓘ temple ruins ⓘ theatre remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Aetolia ⓘ central Greece ⓘ
locatedNear	Gulf of Patras ⓘ
mentionedIn	Homeric epics ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad early Greek epic tradition ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement	Evinochori ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	curse on the house of Oeneus ⓘ
mythologicalKing	Oeneus ⓘ
nearRiver	Evenus River ⓘ
partOf	Aetolian League ⓘ surface form: ancient Aetolian League
periodOfFlourishing	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
regionInAntiquity	Aetolia ⓘ
roleInMyth	setting of the Calydonian Boar hunt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited