Cenchreae
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Cenchreae was an ancient port town of Corinth in Greece, known in early Christianity as the home of a notable Christian community mentioned in the New Testament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cenchreae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7957783 — 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: Cenchreae Context triple: [Achaia, hasChristianCommunity, Cenchreae]
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A.
Corcyra
Corcyra, known today as Corfu, is a strategically located Greek island in the Ionian Sea that became an important maritime and cultural center in antiquity.
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B.
Phaselis
Phaselis was an ancient Greek and later Roman port city on the southern coast of Anatolia, known for its strategic maritime location and prosperous trade.
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C.
Messene
Messene was an ancient Greek city-state in the southwestern Peloponnese, known for its strong fortifications and its role in the history of Messenia after the Spartan wars.
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D.
Heraklonas
Heraklonas was a short-reigning 7th-century Byzantine emperor, son of Heraclius, whose brief rule was marked by political turmoil and rapid overthrow.
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E.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
- 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: Cenchreae Target entity description: Cenchreae was an ancient port town of Corinth in Greece, known in early Christianity as the home of a notable Christian community mentioned in the New Testament.
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A.
Corcyra
Corcyra, known today as Corfu, is a strategically located Greek island in the Ionian Sea that became an important maritime and cultural center in antiquity.
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B.
Phaselis
Phaselis was an ancient Greek and later Roman port city on the southern coast of Anatolia, known for its strategic maritime location and prosperous trade.
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C.
Messene
Messene was an ancient Greek city-state in the southwestern Peloponnese, known for its strong fortifications and its role in the history of Messenia after the Spartan wars.
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D.
Heraklonas
Heraklonas was a short-reigning 7th-century Byzantine emperor, son of Heraclius, whose brief rule was marked by political turmoil and rapid overthrow.
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E.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
ⓘ
ancient port town ⓘ |
| ancientGreekName | Κεγχρεαί ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
Phoebe ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Greek polytheism ⓘ |
| coast | eastern coast of the Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ |
| connectedBy | roads to Corinth ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| describedAs | home of a Christian church ⓘ |
| function | port of Corinth on the Saronic Gulf ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
Roman buildings
ⓘ
early Christian remains ⓘ harbor installations ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite | ruins of ancient harbor ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
artificial harbor structures
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breakwaters ⓘ quays ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident | Phoebe ⓘ |
| hasRole | eastern port of Corinth ⓘ |
| hasTitleInText | church in Cenchreae ⓘ |
| hasType | harbor town ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maritime trade
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role in early Christianity ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Corinthia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Corinth ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Saronic Gulf ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to the Romans
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ Romans 16:1 ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| modernSiteNear | Kato Almyri ⓘ |
| oppositePort | Lechaeum ⓘ |
| partOf | territory of Corinth ⓘ |
| period |
Classical antiquity
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| region | Peloponnese ⓘ |
| religionHistory | early Christian community ⓘ |
| romanizedName |
Cenchreae
ⓘ
Kenchreai ⓘ |
| transportRole | eastern maritime outlet of Corinth ⓘ |
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: Cenchreae Description of subject: Cenchreae was an ancient port town of Corinth in Greece, known in early Christianity as the home of a notable Christian community mentioned in the New Testament.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.