Temple of Apollo at Delphi
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The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sacred structure of the Delphic sanctuary, famed in antiquity as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo where the Pythia delivered prophetic pronouncements.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of Apollo at Delphi canonical | 17 |
| Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3388898 — 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: Temple of Apollo at Delphi Context triple: [Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, hasPart, Temple of Apollo at Delphi]
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A.
Roman Agora of Delphi
The Roman Agora of Delphi is an ancient marketplace complex built during the Roman period at the sanctuary of Delphi, featuring shops and public spaces that served as a commercial and social hub.
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B.
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
The Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi was one of ancient Greece’s most important religious and cultural centers, famed for the oracle of Apollo and its monumental temples, treasuries, and processional routes.
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C.
Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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D.
Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
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E.
Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
- 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: Temple of Apollo at Delphi Target entity description: The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sacred structure of the Delphic sanctuary, famed in antiquity as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo where the Pythia delivered prophetic pronouncements.
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A.
Roman Agora of Delphi
The Roman Agora of Delphi is an ancient marketplace complex built during the Roman period at the sanctuary of Delphi, featuring shops and public spaces that served as a commercial and social hub.
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B.
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
The Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi was one of ancient Greece’s most important religious and cultural centers, famed for the oracle of Apollo and its monumental temples, treasuries, and processional routes.
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C.
Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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D.
Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
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E.
Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek temple
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Doric order ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Pythian Apollo
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo Pythios
|
| associatedWith |
Amphictyonic League
ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form:
Delphic Oracle
Pythian Games ⓘ Pythian priestess ⓘ |
| builtOver | earlier temples ⓘ |
| contains |
adyton of the oracle
ⓘ
cult statue of Apollo ⓘ omphalos stone ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
panhellenic sanctuary
ⓘ
political influence in ancient Greece ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| declineCause |
imperial edicts against pagan cults
ⓘ
rise of Christianity ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| earlierTempleDestroyedBy |
earthquake
ⓘ
fire ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | French School at Athens ⓘ |
| function |
oracular center
ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Amphictyonic League
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphic Amphictyony
|
| hasFeature |
cella
ⓘ
inner adyton ⓘ opisthodomos ⓘ peripteral colonnade ⓘ pronaos ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscription |
Know thyself
ⓘ
Nothing in excess ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Oracle of Apollo
ⓘ
Pythia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delphi
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Phocis ⓘ |
| mainConstructionPhase | late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| majorExcavationsStart | 1892 ⓘ |
| material |
limestone
ⓘ
marble ⓘ |
| mountainRange |
Mount Parnassus
ⓘ
surface form:
Parnassus
|
| overlooks |
Pleistos River valley
ⓘ
surface form:
valley of the river Pleistos
|
| partOf |
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphic sanctuary
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form:
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
|
| partOfUNESCOSite |
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi
ⓘ
surface form:
Archaeological Site of Delphi
|
| period | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter | earthquake of 373 BCE ⓘ |
| rebuiltInCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| situatedOn | southern slopes of Mount Parnassus ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteInscriptionYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| usedUntilCentury | 4th century CE ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Greek city-states
ⓘ
foreign rulers ⓘ |
| visitedFor | consulting the oracle ⓘ |
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: Temple of Apollo at Delphi Description of subject: The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sacred structure of the Delphic sanctuary, famed in antiquity as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo where the Pythia delivered prophetic pronouncements.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
subject surface form:
Ion (play)