Ichnae
E473497
Ichnae was an ancient city in the region of Bottiaea in Macedonia, known from classical historical and geographical sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ichnae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4848299 — 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: Ichnae Context triple: [Bottiaea, majorCity, Ichnae]
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A.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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C.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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D.
Coptos
Coptos was an important ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt that served as a key religious and commercial center, especially for trade routes to the Red Sea and the Eastern Desert.
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E.
Cleinias
Cleinias is a young Athenian nobleman who serves as the central interlocutor and philosophical pupil of Socrates in Plato’s dialogue *Euthydemus*.
- 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: Ichnae Target entity description: Ichnae was an ancient city in the region of Bottiaea in Macedonia, known from classical historical and geographical sources.
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A.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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B.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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C.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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D.
Coptos
Coptos was an important ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt that served as a key religious and commercial center, especially for trade routes to the Red Sea and the Eastern Desert.
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E.
Cleinias
Cleinias is a young Athenian nobleman who serves as the central interlocutor and philosophical pupil of Socrates in Plato’s dialogue *Euthydemus*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Ancient Greek world
ⓘ
Macedonian Greek culture ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hasNameForm | Ichnae ⓘ |
| hasNameLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasRegionType |
Macedonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Macedonia (Greece)
|
| hasRelevance |
regional history of Macedonia
ⓘ
study of ancient Macedonian geography ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
abandoned city
ⓘ
defunct settlement ⓘ |
| hasType | urban settlement ⓘ |
| hasUncertainExactLocation | true ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | ancient city of Bottiaea in Macedonia ⓘ |
| isKnownFrom |
historical geography
ⓘ
literary evidence ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bottiaea
ⓘ
ancient Macedonia ⓘ
linked to:
Macedon
|
| locatedInHistoricalRegion |
Bottiaea in Macedonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Bottiaea
|
| locatedInPresentDay | Greece ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
classical geographical sources
ⓘ
classical historical sources ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kingdom of Macedon
ⓘ
linked to:
Macedon
|
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: Ichnae Description of subject: Ichnae was an ancient city in the region of Bottiaea in Macedonia, known from classical historical and geographical sources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.