Metroon of Olympia

E22164

ancient Greek temple religious building

The Metroon of Olympia is an ancient Greek temple at the sanctuary of Olympia dedicated to the mother goddess Rhea or Cybele, notable for its religious significance and role in the ceremonial life of the site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Metroon of Olympia canonical	2
Metroön at Olympia	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek temple ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greek temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Cybele worship ⓘ Rhea worship ⓘ mother goddess cults ⓘ
category	Ancient Greek sanctuaries ⓘ Temples in ancient Olympia ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Cybele ⓘ Rhea ⓘ
hasDeity	Cybele ⓘ Rhea ⓘ
hasFunction	temple ⓘ
hasSiteType	ruins ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Olympia" ⓘ
locatedIn	Elis ⓘ Olympia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia
locatedInCountry	Greece ⓘ
material	marble ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Meter Theon ⓘ Cybele ⓘ surface form: Mother of the Gods
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	archaeological site of Olympia ⓘ sanctuary of Olympia ⓘ surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia
period	Classical Greece ⓘ
presentCondition	ruined ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
significance	religious significance in Olympia ⓘ role in ceremonial life of Olympia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Archaeological site of Olympia ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Site of Olympia
usedFor	cult of the mother goddess ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Metroon of Olympia
Description of subject: The Metroon of Olympia is an ancient Greek temple at the sanctuary of Olympia dedicated to the mother goddess Rhea or Cybele, notable for its religious significance and role in the ceremonial life of the site.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archaeological site of Olympia → hasPart → Metroon of Olympia ⓘ

Altis sacred precinct → hasPart → Metroon of Olympia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metroön at Olympia

Olympia, Greece → hasStructure → Metroon of Olympia ⓘ