Tanagra
E166454
Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanagra canonical | 8 |
| Tanagra figurines | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1060884 — 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: Tanagra Context triple: [Boeotia, contains, Tanagra]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Naukratis
Naukratis was an important ancient Greek trading city in Egypt that served as a key commercial and cultural hub between the Greek world and the Nile region.
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D.
Orchomenus
Orchomenus is an ancient Greek city in Boeotia known for its Mycenaean-era wealth, archaeological remains, and role in classical Greek history.
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E.
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.
- 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: Tanagra Target entity description: Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Naukratis
Naukratis was an important ancient Greek trading city in Egypt that served as a key commercial and cultural hub between the Greek world and the Nile region.
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D.
Orchomenus
Orchomenus is an ancient Greek city in Boeotia known for its Mycenaean-era wealth, archaeological remains, and role in classical Greek history.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Greek city ⓘ |
| artStyle |
naturalistic representation of everyday figures
ⓘ
polychrome terracotta ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battle of Tanagra (426 BC)
ⓘ
Battle of Tanagra (457 BC) ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | 19th-century archaeologists ⓘ |
| exportedTo | wider Hellenistic world ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Classical period of ancient Greece
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hadSanctuaryOf |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | Tanagra archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasStrategicLocation | route between Attica and Boeotia ⓘ |
| hasTypeSiteFor |
Tanagra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanagra figurines
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| inhabitantsCalled | Tanagraeans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tanagra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanagra figurines
fine Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ terracotta figurines ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boeotia
ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Central Greece
|
| locatedNear |
Asopus River
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Pausanias
ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ |
| modernMunicipality | Municipality of Tanagra ⓘ |
| modernRegionalUnit | Regional unit of Boeotia ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement |
Dilesi
ⓘ
Schimatari ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Boeotian League ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient region of Boeotia ⓘ |
| produced | Hellenistic terracotta statuettes ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| siteType | polis ⓘ |
| strategicFor | control of routes between Attica and northern Greece ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | not a UNESCO World Heritage Site (as of 2024) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanagra Description of subject: Tanagra was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia, noted for its strategic location and for the finely crafted terracotta figurines known as Tanagra figurines.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tanagra figurines