Karneios
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Karneios is an ancient Greek month, particularly in the Spartan calendar, associated with the festival of Karneia in honor of Apollo Karneios.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karneios canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3844307 — 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: Karneios Context triple: [Karneia, occursInMonth, Karneios]
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A.
Gavrio
Gavrio is the main port town of the Greek island of Andros in the Cyclades, serving as its primary gateway by sea.
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B.
Cerberus
Cerberus is the multi-headed hound from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving.
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C.
Crowle
Crowle is a small market town and civil parish situated on the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire, England.
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D.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
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E.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
- 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: Karneios Target entity description: Karneios is an ancient Greek month, particularly in the Spartan calendar, associated with the festival of Karneia in honor of Apollo Karneios.
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A.
Gavrio
Gavrio is the main port town of the Greek island of Andros in the Cyclades, serving as its primary gateway by sea.
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B.
Cerberus
Cerberus is the multi-headed hound from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to the underworld, preventing the dead from leaving.
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C.
Crowle
Crowle is a small market town and civil parish situated on the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire, England.
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D.
Nattier
Nattier is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Marc Nattier, an 18th-century painter known for his portraits of the ladies of Louis XV’s court.
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E.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek month
ⓘ
month in the Spartan calendar ⓘ |
| associatedCult |
Panhellenic cult of Apollo
ⓘ
surface form:
cult of Apollo Karneios
|
| associatedDeity |
Apollo
ⓘ
Apollo Karneios ⓘ |
| associatedWithFestival |
Carneia
ⓘ
surface form:
Karneia
|
| calendarRole | fixed point for dating events in the Spartan year ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar calendar month ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
Dorians ⓘ
surface form:
Dorian Greeks
Sparta ⓘ |
| festivalType | linked to a major Spartan state festival ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyRelation | related to the epithet Karneios (Carneius) of Apollo ⓘ |
| hasFestivalDuration | Karneia festival lasted several days within the month ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Carneios
ⓘ
Karneios (month) ⓘ Boedromion ⓘ
surface form:
Karneios month
|
| honors | Apollo Karneios ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | period during which Spartan military operations could be restricted due to the Karneia festival ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Apollo Karneios ⓘ |
| region |
Laconia
ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ |
| religiousCategory | month dedicated to a specific cult of Apollo ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | period of observances for Apollo Karneios ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | month of the Karneia festival ⓘ |
| timeRelation |
roughly corresponds to August–September in the Gregorian calendar
ⓘ
roughly corresponds to late summer ⓘ |
| usedInCalendar |
Dorian calendar
ⓘ
Spartan calendar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Karneios Description of subject: Karneios is an ancient Greek month, particularly in the Spartan calendar, associated with the festival of Karneia in honor of Apollo Karneios.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Karneia