Temple of Apollo
E18528
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sanctuary of Apollo | 2 |
| Temple of Apollo canonical | 1 |
| Temple of Apollo on Delos | 1 |
| Temple of Apollo terrace | 1 |
| Temple of Pythian Apollo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118864 — 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 Apollo Context triple: [Delphi, hasPart, Temple of Apollo]
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A.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is a remarkably well-preserved 5th-century BC Greek temple in the Peloponnese, celebrated for its innovative blend of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian architectural styles.
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B.
the Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike is a small, elegant Ionic temple on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena as bringer of victory, renowned for its harmonious proportions and sculpted friezes.
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C.
Erechtheion
The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens, renowned for its complex, asymmetrical design and the iconic Porch of the Caryatids with its sculpted female columns.
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D.
Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
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E.
the Parthenon
The Parthenon is an ancient Greek temple on the Athenian Acropolis, renowned as a masterpiece of classical architecture and a symbol of ancient Athens and Western civilization.
- 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 Apollo Target entity description: The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.
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A.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is a remarkably well-preserved 5th-century BC Greek temple in the Peloponnese, celebrated for its innovative blend of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian architectural styles.
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B.
the Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike is a small, elegant Ionic temple on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to the goddess Athena as bringer of victory, renowned for its harmonious proportions and sculpted friezes.
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C.
Erechtheion
The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens, renowned for its complex, asymmetrical design and the iconic Porch of the Caryatids with its sculpted female columns.
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D.
Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
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E.
the Parthenon
The Parthenon is an ancient Greek temple on the Athenian Acropolis, renowned as a masterpiece of classical architecture and a symbol of ancient Athens and Western civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek temple
ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Doric order ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amphictyonic League
ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form:
Delphic oracle
Pythia ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| builtOn | terrace ⓘ |
| centralFunction |
cultural center of ancient Greece
ⓘ
housing the Delphic oracle ⓘ religious worship of Apollo ⓘ |
| coordinateRegion |
central Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Greece
|
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
earthquake
ⓘ
fire ⓘ |
| functionedAs | pan-Hellenic consultation center ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
adyton
ⓘ
cella ⓘ colonnade ⓘ omphalos stone ⓘ opisthodomos ⓘ pronaos ⓘ statues and votive offerings ⓘ tripod of Apollo ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
Know thyself
ⓘ
Nothing in excess ⓘ Surety brings ruin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delphi
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Phocis ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
limestone
ⓘ
marble ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Mount Parnassus slopes
ⓘ
valley of the Pleistos River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form:
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
|
| patronOfReconstruction | Amphictyonic League ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf |
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
ⓘ
surface form:
Archaeological Site of Delphi
|
| visitedBy |
Greek city-states envoys
ⓘ
foreign rulers ⓘ |
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: Temple of Apollo Description of subject: The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Temple of Apollo on Delos
this entity surface form:
sanctuary of Apollo
this entity surface form:
sanctuary of Apollo
this entity surface form:
Temple of Pythian Apollo
this entity surface form:
Temple of Apollo terrace