Gordion
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Gordion was the ancient capital city of the Phrygian kingdom in central Anatolia, famed in Greek legend for the Gordian Knot associated with Alexander the Great.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordion canonical | 10 |
| Gordion archaeological site | 2 |
| Gordion tumuli | 1 |
| ancient city of Gordion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8456513 — 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: Gordion Context triple: [Phrygian, mainCorpusLocation, Gordion]
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A.
Adramyttium
Adramyttium was an ancient coastal city of Asia Minor, located on the Aegean Sea in the region historically known as Mysia (in modern-day western Turkey).
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B.
Knidos
Knidos was an ancient Greek city in Caria, on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, renowned as a cultural and commercial center and especially famous for housing Praxiteles’ celebrated statue of Aphrodite.
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C.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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D.
Aspendos
Aspendos is an ancient Greco-Roman city in southern Turkey renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Roman theater.
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E.
Argive Heraion
The Argive Heraion is an ancient sanctuary in the Argolid region of Greece dedicated to the goddess Hera, notable as one of the most important religious centers of the classical Greek world.
- 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: Gordion Target entity description: Gordion was the ancient capital city of the Phrygian kingdom in central Anatolia, famed in Greek legend for the Gordian Knot associated with Alexander the Great.
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A.
Adramyttium
Adramyttium was an ancient coastal city of Asia Minor, located on the Aegean Sea in the region historically known as Mysia (in modern-day western Turkey).
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B.
Knidos
Knidos was an ancient Greek city in Caria, on the southwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, renowned as a cultural and commercial center and especially famous for housing Praxiteles’ celebrated statue of Aphrodite.
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C.
Termessos
Termessos is an ancient Pisidian city in southwestern Turkey, renowned for its well-preserved ruins dramatically set high in the Taurus Mountains within a national park.
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D.
Aspendos
Aspendos is an ancient Greco-Roman city in southern Turkey renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Roman theater.
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E.
Argive Heraion
The Argive Heraion is an ancient sanctuary in the Argolid region of Greece dedicated to the goddess Hera, notable as one of the most important religious centers of the classical Greek world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | cutting of the Gordian Knot ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegend |
Gordian Knot
ⓘ
linked to:
Gordian Knot legend
|
| associatedWithPerson |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Midas of Phrygia ⓘ
linked to:
King Midas
|
| capitalOf | Phrygian kingdom ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 39.65°N 31.99°E ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Phrygian culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Phrygians
|
| destroyedInEvent | major fire in late 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
C. Brian Rose
ⓘ
G. Kenneth Sams ⓘ Keith DeVries ⓘ Rodney S. Young ⓘ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ⓘ
linked to:
Penn Museum
|
| excavationStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| floruit |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
Phrygian inscriptions
ⓘ
Phrygian wooden furniture ⓘ bronze cauldrons ⓘ ivory inlays ⓘ textile fragments ⓘ |
| hasPart |
fortification walls
ⓘ
gate complex ⓘ industrial quarter ⓘ megaron buildings ⓘ mound (höyük) ⓘ palatial complex ⓘ residential quarter ⓘ tumulus field ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType |
citadel
ⓘ
lower town ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Phrygia
ⓘ
central Anatolia ⓘ
linked to:
Central Anatolia Region
|
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Ankara Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Polatlı
ⓘ
Sakarya River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | ancient trade routes between Mesopotamia and the Aegean ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gordias ⓘ |
| notableTumulus | Tumulus MM ⓘ |
| partOf | Phrygian kingdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Achaemenid period
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
Bronze Age ⓘ Early Byzantine period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Phrygian period ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Phrygian period
Roman period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | cultural ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gordion Description of subject: Gordion was the ancient capital city of the Phrygian kingdom in central Anatolia, famed in Greek legend for the Gordian Knot associated with Alexander the Great.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gordion
linked to: Gordion
linked to: Gordion
subject linked to:
Yassıhöyük village
subject linked to:
Yassıhöyük village
linked to: Gordion