Boedromion
E105650
Boedromion was a month in the ancient Athenian calendar, roughly corresponding to early autumn, notable for hosting major religious festivals and rites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boedromion canonical | 5 |
| Karneios month | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896992 — 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: Boedromion Context triple: [Eleusinian Mysteries, mainFestivalMonth, Boedromion]
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A.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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B.
Kislev
Kislev is a late autumn/early winter month in the Hebrew calendar traditionally associated with the festival of Hanukkah.
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C.
Tammuz
Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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E.
Tevet
Tevet is a winter month in the Hebrew calendar, typically falling in December–January and associated with several Jewish fasts and historical commemorations.
- 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: Boedromion Target entity description: Boedromion was a month in the ancient Athenian calendar, roughly corresponding to early autumn, notable for hosting major religious festivals and rites.
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A.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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B.
Kislev
Kislev is a late autumn/early winter month in the Hebrew calendar traditionally associated with the festival of Hanukkah.
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C.
Tammuz
Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
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E.
Tevet
Tevet is a winter month in the Hebrew calendar, typically falling in December–January and associated with several Jewish fasts and historical commemorations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
month in the Attic calendar
ⓘ
time period ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Athens ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar calendar month ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek months
ⓘ
Time in ancient Athens ⓘ |
| chronologicalRole | organizes timing of Athenian festivals ⓘ |
| chronologyRelation | falls in first half of the Attic year ⓘ |
| containsFestival |
Boedromia festival
ⓘ
Cynosarges Heracleia (in some poleis) ⓘ Demetria ⓘ Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ Genesia festival ⓘ Greater Eleusinia ⓘ
linked to:
Eleusis
|
| correspondsRoughlyTo |
September
ⓘ
September–October ⓘ early autumn ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Athenian civic cult
ⓘ
ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from epithet Boedromios of Apollo ⓘ |
| festivalType |
includes family and funerary commemorations
ⓘ
includes state-sponsored festivals ⓘ |
| follows | Metageitnion ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | 29 or 30 days ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedDeity |
Apollo
ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ Persephone ⓘ local heroes honored at Genesia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
major religious festivals
ⓘ
mystery rites ⓘ |
| notableRite |
initiation of mystai at Eleusis
ⓘ
processions of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| positionInYear | third month of the Attic year ⓘ |
| precedes | Pyanepsion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | marks key stages in agricultural and chthonic cults ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
associated with Apollo Boedromios
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honors Demeter and Persephone through Eleusinian rites ⓘ |
| script | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| seasonalAssociation |
post-harvest period
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vintage season in some regions ⓘ |
| sourceType |
attested in epigraphic evidence
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attested in literary sources ⓘ |
| startDefinedBy | new moon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
classical Athenians
ⓘ
other Attic-Ionic Greek poleis ⓘ |
| usedFor | dating Athenian decrees and inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedInCalendar |
Attic calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Babylonian calendar
ancient Athenian calendar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boedromion Description of subject: Boedromion was a month in the ancient Athenian calendar, roughly corresponding to early autumn, notable for hosting major religious festivals and rites.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.