sanctuary of Apollo
E270937
The sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum was an important ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the god Apollo, serving as a major cult and ceremonial center in the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sanctuary of Apollo canonical | 2 |
| sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2438671 — 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 Apollo Context triple: [Metapontum, hasStructure, sanctuary of Apollo]
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Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
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B.
Temple of Apollo
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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C.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo on the island of Delos is an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the god Apollo, central to one of the most important religious and cultural sites in the Aegean.
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D.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo is an ancient Roman sanctuary in Pompeii dedicated to the god Apollo, notable for its prominent position in the forum and its blend of Greek and Italic architectural features.
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Sanctuary of Apollo Actius
The Sanctuary of Apollo Actius was an ancient Greek religious complex near Actium dedicated to the god Apollo, renowned for its temple, festivals, and later association with Augustus’ victory over Antony and Cleopatra.
- 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 Apollo Target entity description: The sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum was an important ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the god Apollo, serving as a major cult and ceremonial center in the city.
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A.
Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
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B.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo is an ancient Roman sanctuary in Pompeii dedicated to the god Apollo, notable for its prominent position in the forum and its blend of Greek and Italic architectural features.
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C.
Temple of Apollo
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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D.
Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo on the island of Delos is an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the god Apollo, central to one of the most important religious and cultural sites in the Aegean.
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E.
Sanctuary of Apollo Actius
The Sanctuary of Apollo Actius was an ancient Greek religious complex near Actium dedicated to the god Apollo, renowned for its temple, festivals, and later association with Augustus’ victory over Antony and Cleopatra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek sanctuary
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religious complex ⓘ |
| associatedDeityRole |
Apollo as god of healing
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Apollo as god of music ⓘ Apollo as god of prophecy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Metapontum
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surface form:
city of Metapontum
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| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
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cult center ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
architectural fragments
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temple foundations ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basilicata
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Magna Graecia ⓘ Metapontum ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
| materialEvidence |
inscriptions
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stone architecture ⓘ terracotta finds ⓘ |
| period | Archaic period of ancient Greece ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| significance |
important religious complex in Magna Graecia
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major cult center in Metapontum ⓘ |
| usedFor |
public ceremonies
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religious rituals ⓘ votive dedications ⓘ |
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: sanctuary of Apollo Description of subject: The sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum was an important ancient Greek religious complex dedicated to the god Apollo, serving as a major cult and ceremonial center in the city.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Temple of Apollo at Metapontum
this entity surface form:
sanctuary of Apollo at Metapontum