Temple of Apollo at Didyma

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ancient Greek temple oracle site sanctuary

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma is an ancient Greek sanctuary in modern-day Turkey, famed for its monumental Hellenistic architecture and influential oracle dedicated to the god Apollo.

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Label Occurrences
Temple of Apollo at Didyma canonical 5
Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma 3
Oracle of Didyma 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek temple ⓘ
oracle site ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
abandonedAfter Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ
architecturalOrder Ionic order ⓘ
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
associatedWithCity Miletus ⓘ
comparableTo Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Oracle of Delphi
constructionMaterial marble ⓘ
controlledBy Ionians ⓘ
surface form: Milesians
country Turkey ⓘ
dateOfMajorSanctuaryDevelopment late 4th century BCE ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
dedication Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: oracle of Apollo
excavatedBy German archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStartCentury 19th century ⓘ
famousFor elaborate architectural design ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
oracular consultations ⓘ
hasDeity Apollo Didymaios ⓘ
hasFeature deep inner court (adyton) ⓘ
massive columned peristyle ⓘ
monumental staircase ⓘ
oracle spring ⓘ
unfinished roof ⓘ
hasFunction oracular center ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ
hasNumberOfColumnsPlanned 120 ⓘ
hasNumberOfStandingColumns 3 ⓘ
hasPriesthood Branchidae ⓘ
heritageDesignation important archaeological site in Turkey ⓘ
locatedIn Aydın Province ⓘ
Didyma ⓘ
modern-day Turkey ⓘ
locatedInAncientRegion Ionia ⓘ
locatedNear Miletus ⓘ
nearModernSettlement Didim ⓘ
oracleInfluence one of the most important oracles of the Greek world ⓘ
partOf sanctuary complex at Didyma ⓘ
periodOfConstruction Hellenistic period ⓘ
rebuiltAfter destruction by Persians ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
rebuiltUnder Alexander the Great’s successors ⓘ
Seleucid kings ⓘ
surface form: Seleucid dynasty
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
status ruin ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction ⓘ
usedUntil late antiquity ⓘ

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Miletus → hasStructure → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
Didyma → hasPart → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma
Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Branchidai-Didyma
Balat → hasNearbyAncientSite → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
Branchidae → cultCenter → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma
Didim → touristAttraction → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
Apollo Didymeus → hasCultCenter → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma
Apollo Didymeus → hasMajorTemple → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
oracular sanctuary of Apollo → comparableTo → Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
subject surface form: oracular sanctuary of Apollo at Claros
this entity surface form: Oracle of Didyma