Temple of Artemis
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The Temple of Artemis at Sardis was a grand Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, notable for its massive columns and status as one of the largest Ionic temples in the ancient world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple of Artemis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8604135 — 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: Temple of Artemis Context triple: [Sardis, knownFor, Temple of Artemis]
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Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis is an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, located within the healing and religious complex of Epidaurus.
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Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis is a grand Roman-era sanctuary in Jerash, Jordan, dedicated to the goddess Artemis and renowned for its impressive Corinthian columns and well-preserved ancient architecture.
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Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis was a grand sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, renowned in antiquity as one of the most important religious centers in the region of Lycia.
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temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Brauron was an important ancient Greek sanctuary in Attica dedicated to the goddess Artemis, especially associated with rites of passage for young girls.
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was a grand Ionian Greek temple in Asia Minor dedicated to the goddess Artemis, renowned in antiquity for its immense size, ornate marble construction, and status as one of the most celebrated religious sanctuaries of the ancient Mediterranean 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: Temple of Artemis Target entity description: The Temple of Artemis at Sardis was a grand Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, notable for its massive columns and status as one of the largest Ionic temples in the ancient world.
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A.
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis is an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, located within the healing and religious complex of Epidaurus.
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B.
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis is a grand Roman-era sanctuary in Jerash, Jordan, dedicated to the goddess Artemis and renowned for its impressive Corinthian columns and well-preserved ancient architecture.
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C.
Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis was a grand sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, renowned in antiquity as one of the most important religious centers in the region of Lycia.
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temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis at Brauron was an important ancient Greek sanctuary in Attica dedicated to the goddess Artemis, especially associated with rites of passage for young girls.
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was a grand Ionian Greek temple in Asia Minor dedicated to the goddess Artemis, renowned in antiquity for its immense size, ornate marble construction, and status as one of the most celebrated religious sanctuaries of the ancient Mediterranean world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ionic temple
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ancient Greek temple ⓘ |
| architecturalOrder | Ionic order ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Sardis ⓘ |
| associatedWithKingdom |
Kingdom of Lydia
ⓘ
linked to:
Lydian Kingdom
|
| belongsToTradition | Ionian temple-building tradition ⓘ |
| category |
Hellenistic architecture in Anatolia
ⓘ
ancient temple ruins in Turkey ⓘ |
| columnStyle | Ionic capitals ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Artemis
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Greek goddess of childbirth ⓘ Greek goddess of the hunt ⓘ Greek goddess of wilderness ⓘ |
| dedicationType | peripteral temple ⓘ |
| era | post-Classical Greek architecture ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | American archaeologists ⓘ |
| excavationSite |
Sardis archaeological site
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linked to:
Sardis acropolis
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| function |
place of worship
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sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
colonnaded peristyle
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massive column bases ⓘ monumental staircase ⓘ |
| hasType | dipteral or pseudo-dipteral plan (scholarly reconstruction) ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the archaeological heritage of Turkey ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Anatolian cults of a local mother-goddess identified with Artemis ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lydia
ⓘ
Sardis ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| material |
marble
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stone ⓘ |
| near | Pactolus River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest Ionic temples in the ancient world
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massive columns ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOfSanctuaryOf | Artemis at Sardis ⓘ |
| period | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| region |
western Anatolia
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linked to:
Western Anatolia
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| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of large-scale Hellenistic temple architecture
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major sanctuary of Artemis in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| usedFor |
public cult of Artemis
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religious rituals ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temple of Artemis Description of subject: The Temple of Artemis at Sardis was a grand Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Artemis, notable for its massive columns and status as one of the largest Ionic temples in the ancient world.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.