Arycanda
E331011
Arycanda was an ancient Lycian city in what is now southwestern Turkey, noted for its well-preserved ruins and terraced layout on a steep mountainside.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arycanda canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3083492 — 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: Arycanda Context triple: [Lycia, hasMajorCity, Arycanda]
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A.
Cotyora
Cotyora was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Black Sea in the region of Pontus, known as a colony of Sinope and a waypoint in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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B.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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C.
Tynaarlo
Tynaarlo is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands known for its rural character and location between the cities of Groningen and Assen.
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D.
Anticyra
Anticyra is an ancient Greek coastal town in the region of Phocis, historically noted for its harbor and its association with medicinal hellebore.
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E.
Kamiros
Kamiros is an ancient city and archaeological site on the northwest coast of Rhodes, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic ruins and grid-planned layout.
- 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: Arycanda Target entity description: Arycanda was an ancient Lycian city in what is now southwestern Turkey, noted for its well-preserved ruins and terraced layout on a steep mountainside.
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A.
Cotyora
Cotyora was an ancient Greek city on the southern coast of the Black Sea in the region of Pontus, known as a colony of Sinope and a waypoint in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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B.
Cadmea
Cadmea was the ancient fortified citadel at the heart of Thebes in Boeotia, serving as its political and military stronghold.
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C.
Tynaarlo
Tynaarlo is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands known for its rural character and location between the cities of Groningen and Assen.
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D.
Anticyra
Anticyra is an ancient Greek coastal town in the region of Phocis, historically noted for its harbor and its association with medicinal hellebore.
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E.
Kamiros
Kamiros is an ancient city and archaeological site on the northwest coast of Rhodes, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic ruins and grid-planned layout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lycian city
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| builtOn | series of terraces ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Lycians
ⓘ
surface form:
Lycian
|
| excavationBegan | 20th century ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
terraced layout
ⓘ
well-preserved ruins ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf | Byzantine occupation ⓘ |
| hasMaterialEvidenceFrom |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
agora
ⓘ
baths ⓘ gymnasium ⓘ necropolis ⓘ Odeon ⓘ
surface form:
odeon
stadium ⓘ temples ⓘ theatre ⓘ water system ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Arycandos valley ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important archaeological site of Turkey ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hellenistic architecture
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Roman-period buildings ⓘ terraced urban planning ⓘ |
| languageEvidence |
Greek inscriptions
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Lycian inscriptions ⓘ |
| laterCulture |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine
Hellenistic Greek ⓘ Romanitas ⓘ
surface form:
Roman
|
| locatedIn |
Antalya Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lycia ⓘ Western Anatolia ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Turkey
|
| locatedNear |
Arif village
ⓘ
Finike ⓘ |
| locatedOn | steep mountainside ⓘ |
| modernAdministrativeUnit |
Antalya Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Antalya Province, Turkey
|
| partOf |
Lycia
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Lycia
|
| region | Mediterranean Region of Turkey ⓘ |
| religionEvidence | Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| tourism | open to visitors ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningType | terraced city ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arycanda Description of subject: Arycanda was an ancient Lycian city in what is now southwestern Turkey, noted for its well-preserved ruins and terraced layout on a steep mountainside.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.