Dodona
E22279
Dodona was an ancient Greek oracle and sanctuary in Epirus, renowned as one of the oldest religious sites dedicated to Zeus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dodona canonical | 13 |
| Oracle of Dodona | 1 |
| oracle of Dodona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156655 — 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: Dodona Context triple: [Zeus, notablePlaceOfWorship, Dodona]
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A.
Kalambaka
Kalambaka is a town in central Greece best known as the gateway to the Meteora monasteries perched atop towering rock formations.
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B.
Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Metroon of Olympia
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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D.
Cyrene
Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
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E.
Livadia
Livadia is a resort settlement in Crimea best known as the site of the historic Livadia Palace, where the 1945 Yalta Conference was held.
- 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: Dodona Target entity description: Dodona was an ancient Greek oracle and sanctuary in Epirus, renowned as one of the oldest religious sites dedicated to Zeus.
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A.
Kalambaka
Kalambaka is a town in central Greece best known as the gateway to the Meteora monasteries perched atop towering rock formations.
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B.
Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Metroon of Olympia
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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D.
Cyrene
Cyrene is an ancient Greek and Roman city in eastern Libya renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical significance as a major center of classical civilization.
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E.
Livadia
Livadia is a resort settlement in Crimea best known as the site of the historic Livadia Palace, where the 1945 Yalta Conference was held.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek oracle
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ |
| alsoDedicatedTo | Dione ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBegan | late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Dione ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Epirote League ⓘ |
| consultedBy |
Greek city-states
ⓘ
individuals seeking divine guidance ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Molossian kings of Epirus ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| cultTitleOfZeus |
Zeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Naios
Zeus ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus of Dodona
|
| culturalPeriod |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
|
| declineBegan | Roman period ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Zeus ⓘ |
| divinationMethod |
interpreting sound of bronze vessels
ⓘ
listening to rustling of sacred oak leaves ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Archaic period
ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
inscribed lead tablets
ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ theatre of Dodona ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
priestly buildings
ⓘ
sacred oak tree ⓘ sanctuary of Dodona ⓘ
surface form:
sanctuary of Zeus
temples ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpretation of bronze cauldrons sounds
ⓘ
interpretation of rustling leaves ⓘ oak tree oracle ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Greeks
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek
|
| locatedIn | Epirus ⓘ |
| mainDeity |
Zeus
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Naios
|
| mentionedBy | Homer ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| modernNearbyCity | Ioannina ⓘ |
| olderThan |
Oracle of Apollo
ⓘ
surface form:
Oracle of Delphi
|
| oneOf | oldestGreekOracles ⓘ |
| priestessesCalled | Peleiades ⓘ |
| priestsCalled | Selloi ⓘ |
| regionInAntiquity | Epirus in northwestern Greece ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sackedBy |
Aetolians
ⓘ
Romans ⓘ |
| typeOfQuestionsAsked | yes-or-no questions ⓘ |
| UNESCOTentativeListStatus | yes ⓘ |
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: Dodona Description of subject: Dodona was an ancient Greek oracle and sanctuary in Epirus, renowned as one of the oldest religious sites dedicated to Zeus.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oracle of Dodona
subject surface form:
Zeus
subject surface form:
Oak Tree Oracle
this entity surface form:
oracle of Dodona
subject surface form:
Theatre of Dodona