Tegea
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Tegea was a prominent ancient Greek city-state in the region of Arcadia, noted for its important sanctuary of Athena Alea and its role in Peloponnesian politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tegea canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1899442 — 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: Tegea Context triple: [Arcadia, ancientCity, Tegea]
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A.
Nemea
Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, renowned for its sanctuary of Zeus and its role as one of the four major venues of the Panhellenic athletic festivals.
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B.
Isthmia
Isthmia was an important ancient Greek sanctuary and festival site near Corinth, renowned for its temple of Poseidon and the Isthmian Games.
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C.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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D.
Ascra
Ascra was an ancient village in Boeotia, Greece, best known as the hometown of the poet Hesiod.
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E.
Brauron
Brauron was an important ancient sanctuary in eastern Attica, Greece, renowned as a cult center of Artemis and a site of significant religious festivals and rites for young girls.
- 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: Tegea Target entity description: Tegea was a prominent ancient Greek city-state in the region of Arcadia, noted for its important sanctuary of Athena Alea and its role in Peloponnesian politics.
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A.
Nemea
Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, renowned for its sanctuary of Zeus and its role as one of the four major venues of the Panhellenic athletic festivals.
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B.
Isthmia
Isthmia was an important ancient Greek sanctuary and festival site near Corinth, renowned for its temple of Poseidon and the Isthmian Games.
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C.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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D.
Ascra
Ascra was an ancient village in Boeotia, Greece, best known as the hometown of the poet Hesiod.
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E.
Brauron
Brauron was an important ancient sanctuary in eastern Attica, Greece, renowned as a cult center of Artemis and a site of significant religious festivals and rites for young girls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city-state
ⓘ
polis ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Sparta ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| cultCenterOf |
Athena
ⓘ
surface form:
Athena Alea
|
| dedicatedTo |
Athena
ⓘ
surface form:
goddess Athena Alea
|
| hasArchaeologicalSite | ruins of Tegea ⓘ |
| hasCult | cult of Athena Alea ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | center of Athena worship in Arcadia ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Τεγέα ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalRole |
important Peloponnesian ally
ⓘ
major Arcadian power ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance | major sanctuary site in Arcadia ⓘ |
| hasSanctuary | Sanctuary of Athena Alea ⓘ |
| hasSanctuaryType | Pan-Arcadian sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Sanctuary of Athena Alea
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Athena Alea
|
| hasTypeOfGovernment | polis government ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Spartan hegemony ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterAlliedWith | Arcadian League ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arcadia
ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ central Peloponnese ⓘ |
| locatedInAncientRegion |
Arcadia regional unit
ⓘ
surface form:
Arcadia (ancient region)
|
| locatedOn |
Peloponnese
ⓘ
surface form:
Peloponnesian peninsula
|
| mainDeity |
Athena
ⓘ
surface form:
Athena Alea
|
| modernSiteNear |
Megalopolis
ⓘ
Tripoli, Arcadia ⓘ |
| notedFor |
important sanctuary of Athena Alea
ⓘ
role in Peloponnesian politics ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Peloponnesian politics ⓘ |
| partOf | Arcadian League ⓘ |
| period |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| regionType | Arcadian city ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
regional Arcadian politics
ⓘ
wars of the Peloponnesian League ⓘ |
| wasMemberOf | Peloponnesian League ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tegea Description of subject: Tegea was a prominent ancient Greek city-state in the region of Arcadia, noted for its important sanctuary of Athena Alea and its role in Peloponnesian politics.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.