Sanctuary of Athena Alea

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ancient Greek geographer ancient Greek sanctuary ancient Greek temple religious complex

The Sanctuary of Athena Alea was a major ancient Greek religious complex in Tegea, renowned for its impressive temple and its role as a prominent cult center of the goddess Athena in Arcadia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sanctuary of Athena Alea canonical	3
Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea	2
Archaic temple of Athena Alea	1
Temple of Athena Alea	1
ruins of Temple of Athena Alea	1
sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8954325 — 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 Athena Alea
Context triple: [Tegea, hasSanctuary, Sanctuary of Athena Alea]

A. Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia
The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is an ancient religious complex at Delphi in Greece, famed for its iconic circular tholos and its role as a monumental gateway to the main Delphic sanctuary.
B. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena in Pergamon was an important ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Athena, renowned for its prominent position on the acropolis and its role in the religious and civic life of the city.
C. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena is an ancient Greek sanctuary in Metapontum, southern Italy, dedicated to the goddess Athena and notable for its classical Doric architecture.
D. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena at Priene is a well-preserved example of classical Ionic Greek architecture, designed in the 4th century BCE and traditionally attributed to the architect Pytheos.
E. sanctuary of Athena
The sanctuary of Athena at Elateia was an ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the worship of the goddess Athena, serving as a local center of cult and civic identity in the region of Phocis.
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 Athena Alea
Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Athena Alea was a major ancient Greek religious complex in Tegea, renowned for its impressive temple and its role as a prominent cult center of the goddess Athena in Arcadia.

A. Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia
The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia is an ancient religious complex at Delphi in Greece, famed for its iconic circular tholos and its role as a monumental gateway to the main Delphic sanctuary.
B. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena is an ancient Greek sanctuary in Metapontum, southern Italy, dedicated to the goddess Athena and notable for its classical Doric architecture.
C. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena at Priene is a well-preserved example of classical Ionic Greek architecture, designed in the 4th century BCE and traditionally attributed to the architect Pytheos.
D. Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena in Pergamon was an important ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Athena, renowned for its prominent position on the acropolis and its role in the religious and civic life of the city.
E. sanctuary of Athena
The sanctuary of Athena at Elateia was an ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the worship of the goddess Athena, serving as a local center of cult and civic identity in the region of Phocis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek geographer ⓘ ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ ancient Greek temple ⓘ religious complex ⓘ
architect	Scopas of Paros ⓘ
associatedWith	Arcadian identity ⓘ
category	Ancient Greek archaeological sites in the Peloponnese ⓘ Sanctuaries of Athena ⓘ linked to: Temples of Athena
culturalSignificance	important Arcadian sanctuary ⓘ major religious center in the Peloponnese ⓘ
currentCondition	ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Athena Alea ⓘ linked to: Athena Athena Alea ⓘ linked to: Athena
dedicationType	pan-Arcadian sanctuary ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists ⓘ
famousFor	impressive temple ⓘ prominent cult of Athena ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	ruins of Temple of Athena Alea ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Athena Alea
hasArchitecturalStyle	Classical Greek architecture ⓘ
hasFeature	altar of Athena Alea ⓘ large temple platform ⓘ
hasFinds	architectural fragments ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ sculptural fragments ⓘ
hasMythologicalAssociation	Athena as protector of Tegea ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Athena Alea
locatedIn	Arcadia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Sanctuary of Athena Alea ⓘ Tegea ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Greece ⓘ
mainDeity	Athena ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
mentionedBy	Pausanias ⓘ
order	Doric order ⓘ
partOf	ancient city of Tegea ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing	Classical period ⓘ
rebuiltIn	4th century BCE ⓘ
regionOfCult	Arcadia ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
replacedEarlierStructure	Archaic temple of Athena Alea ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Athena Alea
timeOfOrigin	Archaic period ⓘ
usedFor	oracular consultation ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ sacrifices ⓘ
wasMajorCultCenterOf	Athena in Arcadia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited