Tauris
E521207
Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tauris canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5456203 — 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: Tauris Context triple: [Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck), setting, Tauris]
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A.
Tarsos
Tarsos is the ancient name of the historic city of Tarsus in Cilicia, a significant cultural and commercial center in the eastern Mediterranean world.
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B.
Vatheia
Vatheia is a historic hilltop village in Greece’s Mani region, renowned for its cluster of stone tower houses overlooking the rugged Laconian landscape and sea.
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C.
Halistra
Halistra is a small crofting settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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D.
Cyrrhus
Cyrrhus was an ancient city in northern Syria, notable as a regional center in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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E.
Maroneia
Maroneia is an ancient Greek city in Thrace, near the northern Aegean coast, known historically for its wine production and strategic harbor.
- 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: Tauris Target entity description: Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
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A.
Tarsos
Tarsos is the ancient name of the historic city of Tarsus in Cilicia, a significant cultural and commercial center in the eastern Mediterranean world.
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B.
Vatheia
Vatheia is a historic hilltop village in Greece’s Mani region, renowned for its cluster of stone tower houses overlooking the rugged Laconian landscape and sea.
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C.
Halistra
Halistra is a small crofting settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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D.
Cyrrhus
Cyrrhus was an ancient city in northern Syria, notable as a regional center in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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E.
Maroneia
Maroneia is an ancient Greek city in Thrace, near the northern Aegean coast, known historically for its wine production and strategic harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological place
ⓘ
region in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris
ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia in Tauris
Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | Attic tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Artemis
ⓘ
Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Taurians ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | Euripides' lost play Andromeda (as comparative setting in scholarship) ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Crimea in ancient geography
ⓘ
Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to:
Chersonese
|
| describedAs |
barbaric land
ⓘ
remote land ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from ethnonym Taurians ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
escape from barbarian land
ⓘ
rescue of sacred image of Artemis ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Taurians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cult of Artemis
ⓘ
human sacrifice to Artemis ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
contrast to Greek civilization
ⓘ
symbol of barbarian periphery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Crimean Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Crimea
|
| nameUsedBy | ancient Greeks ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | barbaroi (non-Greeks in Greek thought) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ |
| settingOf |
Iphigenia's exile
ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia in Tauris
|
| timeOfMythicUse | Classical Greece ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tauris Description of subject: Tauris is the mythological land of the Taurians on the Crimean peninsula, known in Greek tragedy as the remote and barbaric setting of Iphigenia’s exile.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.