Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion
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The Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion is an ancient Arcadian cult center in the central Peloponnese, renowned for its mountaintop altar to Zeus and its role in regional religious festivals and athletics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5888923 — 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 Zeus at Mount Lykaion Context triple: [Panhellenic sanctuary network, hasPart, Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion]
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Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea
The Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea was an important ancient Greek religious and athletic center in the Peloponnese, renowned as the site of one of the four Panhellenic games.
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B.
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.
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C.
Sanctuary of Zeus
The Sanctuary of Zeus at Locri Epizephyrii was an ancient Greek religious site in southern Italy dedicated to the worship of Zeus, reflecting the city’s cultural and spiritual life.
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D.
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.
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E.
Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosoura
The Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosoura is an ancient Arcadian religious complex in the Peloponnese, renowned for its cult of the mysterious goddess Despoina and its impressive late Classical and Hellenistic architectural remains.
- 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 Zeus at Mount Lykaion Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion is an ancient Arcadian cult center in the central Peloponnese, renowned for its mountaintop altar to Zeus and its role in regional religious festivals and athletics.
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A.
Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea
The Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea was an important ancient Greek religious and athletic center in the Peloponnese, renowned as the site of one of the four Panhellenic games.
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B.
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.
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C.
Sanctuary of Zeus
The Sanctuary of Zeus at Locri Epizephyrii was an ancient Greek religious site in southern Italy dedicated to the worship of Zeus, reflecting the city’s cultural and spiritual life.
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D.
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.
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E.
Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosoura
The Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosoura is an ancient Arcadian religious complex in the Peloponnese, renowned for its cult of the mysterious goddess Despoina and its impressive late Classical and Hellenistic architectural remains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek sanctuary
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archaeological site ⓘ religious cult center ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lykaia festival ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Lycaon
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Zeus as weather god ⓘ |
| chronology | in use by at least the Classical period ⓘ |
| cultFocus | Zeus Lykaios ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod |
Classical Greece
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Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Zeus ⓘ |
| elevation | high-altitude sanctuary ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Greek Archaeological Service ⓘ
linked to:
Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece
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| excavationProject | Mount Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project ⓘ |
| functionedAs | Pan-Arcadian sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ash altar of Zeus
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bath building ⓘ fountain house ⓘ hippodrome ⓘ lower sanctuary ⓘ stadium ⓘ stoas ⓘ temple of Zeus ⓘ upper sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ash altar with burnt animal remains
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race track ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| hasRitualActivity |
animal sacrifice
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athletic games ⓘ processions ⓘ |
| hasViewOver | Arcadian landscape ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important archaeological heritage site of Greece ⓘ |
| knownSinceAntiquityFrom | Pausanias ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mount Lykaion ⓘ |
| locatedInArea | central Peloponnese ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Arcadia ⓘ |
| near |
Lykaio village
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Megalopolis ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
development of Greek athletic festivals
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origins of Greek cult of Zeus ⓘ |
| situatedOn | mountaintop ⓘ |
| usedFor |
athletic competitions
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regional gatherings ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ |
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Subject: Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion Description of subject: The Sanctuary of Zeus at Mount Lykaion is an ancient Arcadian cult center in the central Peloponnese, renowned for its mountaintop altar to Zeus and its role in regional religious festivals and athletics.
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