oracular sanctuary of Apollo
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The oracular sanctuary of Apollo at Claros was an ancient Greek religious site in Ionia renowned for its prophetic oracle, where priests delivered Apollo’s divinations to pilgrims and city-states.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| oracular sanctuary of Apollo canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek religious site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ oracular sanctuary ⓘ sanctuary of Apollo ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavations |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Apollo Clarios ⓘ |
| comparableTo |
Oracle of Apollo
ⓘ
surface form:
Oracle of Delphi
Temple of Apollo at Didyma ⓘ
surface form:
Oracle of Didyma
|
| consultationMethod | inspired speech of prophet ⓘ |
| consultationSetting | subterranean chamber ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| cultTitleOfDeity | Clarios ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
colonnades
ⓘ
large cult statue base ⓘ monumental stairway ⓘ |
| hasFunction | oracle ⓘ |
| hasPriesthood |
priests of Apollo
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
altar
ⓘ
oracle chamber ⓘ sacred spring ⓘ stoas ⓘ Temple of Apollo ⓘ
surface form:
temple of Apollo
theater ⓘ underground adyton ⓘ |
| importance | major oracle of Apollo in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| inscriptionsFound |
dedicatory inscriptions
ⓘ
oracular responses ⓘ |
| knownFor |
divination
ⓘ
prophetic oracle ⓘ |
| languageOfOracles | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Claros ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Ionia ⓘ |
| nearAncientCity |
Colophon
ⓘ
Notion ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ritualElement |
consultation of oracle
ⓘ
purification at spring ⓘ sacrificial offerings ⓘ |
| servedClients |
city-states
ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List of Turkey ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.