Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos

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ancient Greek sanctuary religious precinct

The Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos was an important ancient Greek religious precinct on the island of Delos dedicated to the goddess Artemis, featuring temples, altars, and associated cult structures within one of the Aegean’s major sacred centers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos canonical	1
Sanctuary of Artemis on Delos	1
Temple of Artemis (Delos)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5651211 — 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: Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos
Context triple: [Terrace of the Lions, locatedNear, Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos]

A. Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
The Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos is an important ancient Greek religious complex on the island of Delos, renowned as a major pan-Hellenic cult center dedicated to the god Apollo.
B. Sacred Harbor of Delos
The Sacred Harbor of Delos is the principal ancient port of the island of Delos in Greece, historically serving as a major religious and commercial maritime hub of the Aegean.
C. Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios
The Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios was the principal religious and political center of ancient Aetolia, renowned for its temple to Apollo and its role in regional cult and federation gatherings.
D. Sanctuary of Artemis Pergaia
The Sanctuary of Artemis Pergaia was an ancient religious complex near the city of Perge in Pamphylia, dedicated to the worship of the local form of the goddess Artemis and serving as an important regional cult center.
E. Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
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: Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos
Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos was an important ancient Greek religious precinct on the island of Delos dedicated to the goddess Artemis, featuring temples, altars, and associated cult structures within one of the Aegean’s major sacred centers.

A. Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
The Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos is an important ancient Greek religious complex on the island of Delos, renowned as a major pan-Hellenic cult center dedicated to the god Apollo.
B. Sacred Harbor of Delos
The Sacred Harbor of Delos is the principal ancient port of the island of Delos in Greece, historically serving as a major religious and commercial maritime hub of the Aegean.
C. Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios
The Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios was the principal religious and political center of ancient Aetolia, renowned for its temple to Apollo and its role in regional cult and federation gatherings.
D. Sanctuary of Artemis Pergaia
The Sanctuary of Artemis Pergaia was an ancient religious complex near the city of Perge in Pamphylia, dedicated to the worship of the local form of the goddess Artemis and serving as an important regional cult center.
E. Sanctuary of Zeus Naios
The Sanctuary of Zeus Naios was the central sacred precinct at Dodona in Epirus, Greece, where one of the oldest Greek oracles operated in a grove sacred to Zeus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ religious precinct ⓘ
accessibleTo	tourists ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Apollo ⓘ Delian triad ⓘ Leto ⓘ
culture	ancient Greek ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Artemis ⓘ
excavatedBy	French School at Athens ⓘ
function	cult center ⓘ place of worship ⓘ ritual space ⓘ site of sacrifices ⓘ
governingPolity	Athenian control in Classical period ⓘ Delian city-state ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains	altars ⓘ architectural fragments ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ temple foundations ⓘ
hasMainDeity	Artemis ⓘ
hasMaterial	limestone ⓘ local stone ⓘ marble ⓘ
hasStructureType	altar ⓘ cult building ⓘ precinct wall ⓘ temple ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ Cyclades ⓘ Greece ⓘ
locatedNear	Sacred Harbour of Delos ⓘ linked to: Sacred Harbor of Delos Sanctuary of Apollo at Delos ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos
locatedOn	Delos ⓘ
managedBy	Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation	birthplace of Apollo ⓘ birthplace of Artemis ⓘ
partOf	Panhellenic sanctuary of Delos ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos sacred landscape of Delos ⓘ
periodOfUse	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significance	important site for Artemis worship ⓘ major Aegean cult center ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Delos" ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1990 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Terrace of the Lions → locatedNear → Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos ⓘ

Temple of Apollo (Delos) → nearbyStructure → Temple of Artemis (Delos) ⓘ

subject linked to: Temple of Apollo

linked to: Sanctuary of Artemis at Delos

Cynthus → locatedNear → Sanctuary of Artemis on Delos ⓘ