Temple of Apollo

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The Temple of Apollo at Claros is an ancient Greek sanctuary in Ionia renowned as a major oracle center dedicated to the god Apollo.

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Temple of Apollo canonical 1
temple of Apollo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek temple
oracle sanctuary
architecturalStyle Ionic order
associatedDeity Apollo Clarios NERFINISHED
Artemis NERFINISHED
Leto NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ionian League NERFINISHED
city of Colophon NERFINISHED
country Turkey
culture Ancient Greek
currentCondition ruins
dateOfConstruction late 4th century BCE
dedicatedTo Apollo NERFINISHED
era Hellenistic Greece NERFINISHED
Roman Asia Minor NERFINISHED
excavatedBy French archaeological missions
excavationStart early 20th century
hasFunction oracular center
religious sanctuary
hasPart cella
colonnade
oracle chamber
pronaos
sacred spring
underground adyton
hasRitual consultation of oracle via priest
use of sacred spring in divination
heritageDesignation cultural heritage site in Turkey
knownFor oracular consultations
prophecies in hexameter verse
languageOfOracles Greek
locatedIn Claros NERFINISHED
Ionia NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Aegean coast NERFINISHED
material stone
nearAncientCity Colophon NERFINISHED
nearCity Ahmetbeyli NERFINISHED
partOf Sanctuary of Apollo at Claros NERFINISHED
periodOfUse Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
region İzmir Province NERFINISHED
religion Ancient Greek religion NERFINISHED
status archaeological site
UNESCOStatus on Tentative List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claros hasStructure Temple of Apollo
oracular sanctuary of Apollo hasStructure Temple of Apollo
subject surface form: oracular sanctuary of Apollo at Claros
this entity surface form: temple of Apollo